Despite this being an audience-pleasing romantic comedy, those things kept buzzing through my brain. Our heroine may be attractive and funny (the actress has a lot of Lucille Ball in her style), but she is self-obsessed, uses her friends, and takes what she wants when the notion strikes her.
Now I'll get off my soapbox and discuss the audience-pleasing part:
- Greta Gerwig ("Arthur" 2011) Lola gets dumped three weeks before her wedding. Her friends and family all try to help but NO one suffers like she suffers!
- Hamish Linklater ("Battleship") Henry is the kind of friend every gal needs...she just needs to pay closer attention to him.
- Zoe Lister Jones ("The Other Guys") Alice is always there when she's needed, and sometimes when she's not... Her self-absorp- tion is legitimate, she's an actress!
- Joel Kinnaman ("Safe House") is the dumper in this one. All those wedding plans made it seem too real.
- Debra Winger ("In the Woods") Mom has trouble understanding her daughter's angst. Maybe being a hippie "back in the day" wasn't so bad after all....
- Bill Pullman ("Bringing Up Bobby") Dad is full of bumper-sticker aphorisms, not very helpful, but they make HIM feel good....
- Cheyenne Jackson ("Price Check") only has one scene but I'm always tickled to see a former Seattlite on the big screen.
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Here is a link to a preview:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2340594457/
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Here is a link to a preview:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2340594457/
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