Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

SnoopyStyle Burke (Aaron Eckhart) is a successful self help guru dealing with the lost of his wife in a car accident. He has come to Seattle for a group seminar for people dealing with their own lost. Florist Eloise (Jennifer Aniston) literally runs into him in his hotel. He tries to ask her out but she pretends to be deaf.As a romance, it fails. Both Aaron and Jennifer are likable actors but they just don't have the chemistry. Add to it the tough subject matter, it's too hard of a place for romance to blossom. As a character growth movie, it had some moments. Aaron is playing a character going thru some tough stuff. But then he does a silly thing like stealing a bird. It just feels stupid to have comedy there.

Jackson Booth-Millard I assumed this was a romantic comedy, it does sound like the kind of film that may be, especially when you have the leading actress involved, but it wasn't quite what I expected, but at the same time it was, because of the low rating from critics. Basically Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is a best selling writer of the A-OK self-help book for people grieving, his motivational speaking about how to deal with grief makes him a minor celebrity as well. He himself had to deal with grief when his wife was killed in a car accident, and he is now in Seattle for a week long workshop for healing, and that could bring a major multi-media deal. While there Burke meets local florist Eloise Chandler (Jennifer Aniston), who has recently broken up with a boyfriend, but she is unaware that he has not completely got through his own grief, being a closet drinker and having mood swings. He tries his best to keep his personal feelings of loss to himself to take her to dinner, and they form a good friendship, but it is unsure whether he can move on from the memory of his wife and have a close relationship with her. Burke's sessions see him trying to get his group of fellow grievers to conquer some fears and prove that they will not beaten in things and can move, this includes for example walking across hot coals. In the end Burke decides to follow his own self help advice tips and in front of an audience to promote his work he confesses that it was actually him driving the car when his wife was killed, his Father-in-Law (Martin Sheen) comforts him saying it is alright, and Eloise and he get closer. Also starring Volcano's John Carroll Lynch as Walter, Frances Conroy as Eloise's Mom, Dan Fogler as Lane, Judy Greer as Marty and Joe Anderson as Tyler. Eckhart does his best to be the man with personal problems that you can feel sorry and hopeful for, Aniston is her usual feisty and nice self, and Sheen in his moments gives good support. I did not feel a strong romance going on between the lead characters, the story struggles to pull you in with originality and depth, I will confess for the majority I found it either too depressing, in need of more lighter scenes, and rather boring, a disappointing romantic drama. Adequate!

HarryGatley I enjoyed the movie up until that poor bird was released into the wild! Yes it is 2011 but I am going to investigate WHY THE PRODUCERS WERE NOT SUED? That was a hugely STUPID thing to show millions of people and the film should be BANNED worldwide! I fully intend to contact as many animal rights groups as I can because of the cruelty this propagates among ignorant viewers and I vow to do ALL that I can to bring suit to ban permanently worldwide this evil movie!Okay I have to add some lines. People release doves at weddings and other occasions and they all die horrible deaths. They are imprinted on HUMANS they are not able to fend for themselves. The animal release programs for endangered species has been a long and difficult program because imprinting on human makes them so unfit to hunt and breed!Besides that there is the fact that that species is a native of the tropics and it needs to be raised in the wild in the tropics to survive. The ignorance of the actors and the producers and screen play writers is appalling! There is supposed to be some oversight of cruelty to animals in Hollywood. How did you get away with that!I am shocked horrified and angry!

poetman00 OK first of all I love Jennifer Aniston. But she needs to go back to TV. She's not a character actress. She's a personality that people really like. She could host her own show or at least star in one while playing a character much like Rachel from "Friends". That's what she was good at and we were fine with that. We loved her for it. She won an Emmy for it...I mean, Hello. And if she wants to do movies, they should be much like "The Good Girl" which I thought was brilliantly acted. I hated this movie and how cheaply it was written. I thought Jen looked gorgeous through out the whole thing but It didn't do anything for me. Even the title feels as if they came up with it on the spot and decided to go around filming at stores and concerts and flower shops.