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A Lot Like Love
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language
Starring Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher, Taryn Manning, Aimee Garcia, Lee Garlington, Birdie M. Hale, Tyrone Giordano, and Melissa van der Schyff
It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A Lot Like Love is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance and friendships and happily ever after. (Touchstone Pictures)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama | Romance |
| WRITTEN BY: | Colin Patrick Lynch |
| DIRECTED BY: | Nigel Cole |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 23, 2005 Video: August 23, 2005 Theatrical: April 22, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 107 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Gino M. gave it a3:
These post-1998 witty romantic comedies seem to follow a familiar ploy in hopes to stand out in a sea of sameness. That ploy is a simple attempt identifying with young people that think this sort of deliberately obtuse wit exists in real life and is plausible to apply their own lives. The reality is that such phantasmagorical wit-ridden romance doesn't define a damn thing about young people in society however much those who identify with this prototypical movie would like to think so. I call this The Garden State Complex, and in addition to sounding like a nice Emo band, this complex seems to be quite widspread.
R. G. gave it a2:
We all know where this movie will go from start to beginning and there are some cool ideas in the movie that are not executed well. If you want to see how a photographer's work is captured in a love story and moments of realizations (watch Shopgirl). It's your typical movie using montages with your popular ballads of the year. Ashton Kutcher can't translate into a descent actor and Pete carries the movie but isn't always convincing. There is no heart or charm in the movie, just cheap scenes with crap music.
Corinna W. gave it a7:
I actually thought it was really good-but not great. Predictable though it was, it still managed to be charming and Peet and Kutcher had chemistry. However, at the beginning Peet has so much life and sparkle to her which she seems to have lost the next time they meet, along with her astonishing beauty.
Felix Q. gave it a3:
Being one of those people who can sit back and enjoy a predictable, popcorn type movie without much worrying about plot and just enjoying it for what it is, I hated this one. Something about this movie just rubbed me the wrong way- with sandpaper. It's not a terrible concept (althought it does test your patience) and the writing is passable. It could've been wittier, it could've used a few more 'smart' laughs. Actually, I think the thing that put me off this one is the casting (and even the writing) of the two main characters. Ashton Kutcher I can handle- Just Married was nice, I actually like him paired with Brittany Murphy. He seems to be slowly heading for the dreaded funk that so many romantic/comedy lead men have fallen into- he's playing the same character in every movie. Steve Martin did this for years, but he had the advantage of some of the best scripts and characters ever created in the genre. Somehow, Ashton's Kelso character in That 70's Show had more definition than this role. But Amanda Peet grinds on my nerves like no one else can. There's an inherent smarm factor in her that makes her unstomachable to me, and it overpowers the movie itself. Movies that she has been in that I've liked, I've liked in spite of her because the quality of the rest of the cast and the script have pulled it up. (Something's gotta Give, Igby Goes Down) This movie had none of that charm, but could've worked with two leads who actually had some chemistry and a few re-writes by someone like Kevin Smith.
Pat C. gave it a7:
Romantic comedy with mostly well-written dialogue interspersed with a few lines that makes one cringe. Amanda Peet is deliciously authentic as the both bubbly and headstrong deubtante-in-denial. Good underlying theme: Long-term relationships are not for the faint-hearted.
Vijay S. gave it a9:
It's a nice love story.
Chad S. gave it a7:
"A Lot Like Love" is Amanda Peet's demo reel. She's ready for a plum role in a serious film like Jennifer Connelly was when Ron Howard tapped her for "A Beautiful Mind". Larry Brown took the L.A. Clippers to the playoffs, and Peet challenges a much maligned actor, synonymous with Freddie Prinze Jr., and helps him give a performance that transcends our notion that he's nothing more than a male model with an acting coach. In what might be the best cell-phone scene to date in any movie, Ashton Kutcher helps alleviate Emily's anguish over her dead mother's birthday by telling a tasteless joke near the tombstone. This is the moment in which both parties should realize they were meant to be together. However, the screenwriter isn't done with postponing the inevitable. But even at its more hackneyed (yet another wedding crashing scene like the one in "The Graduate"), "A Lot Like Love" is bailed out by a very funny line.
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