Why I Saw It: (Club 50) I do like Rachel McAdams, Craig T. Nelson, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson, and Claire Danes though. I was impressed by the effort the movie puts in to make every character potentially unlikable. I mean, it made me briefly dislike Rachel McAdams. I didn't even dislike Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls. It's a very balanced movie. For each time that Parker's character is being unfairly mistreated, it follows up with an accidental anti-gay rant or something.
Why I Wish I Hadn't: That ending's a little quaint, don't you think? For how much the movie embraces showing peoples' imperfections and challenging the audience to like the characters, it sure comes together in the way only a Hollywood movie could. Parker switches brothers to be in love with and Mulroney falls for her sister in under 24 hours? Sure, Diane Keaton dies during the time jump, but I have a hard time seeing how the rest of the ending plays out so smoothly.
Verdict (?): Weakly Recommend
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