User Reviews

I figured out this entire film in the first 10-20 minutes. Had an idea based on the first 10 minutes, figured it all out by 20 minutes but I kept watching. It isn't every day one gets to watch a wholesome film that's not attempting to inject some message about how one should live their lives, and you should do it from the film's perspective. That's a problem with a lot of "family" films. This film doesn't do that, in my opinion, and for a film lover as myself, that's always a good thing.

I also know the aspect of trying to attempt to tell the person you're in a serious relationship with that you can't have kids, physically. Being a man I found it became more difficult the older I got. When younger it just was a line I used with girls "Can't get you pregnant" but getting older that line fizzled away because girls I was serious with wanted to have children with me. Adoption is an option but a difficult or easy one based on where you live and what your position in society is; just the way it is. In the society I live in I'm more on the spectrum of difficult; and those who get into relationships with me know this from my and their point-of-view. So, I've been a bachelor my entire life. I have relationships on occasion but never gone further because when they find out I can't have kids of my own, they're gone. I'm never enough. So, I understand the point-of-view of the character Jesse.

This isn't a great film. It's an average film but an average film with the right kind of heart; and that's always good.

This is a strange title for a movie and I was curious to see where it would take us. Milano stars and is also the producer, so somewhat a vanity project but she is very good in it.

Alyssa Milano is Jesse Young, working as a waitress at a small café in Utah. She is bright and friendly, and enters into small-talk banter easily with the customers.

Christopher Gorham is Ethan Reed, "writer", but having trouble getting published. We see a meeting with his publisher and she tells him he needs to come up with better ideas.

When Ethan is in Jesse's café she notices him writing in a journal, they strike up a conversation, he goes away with her phone number and permission to call it.

But just after he leaves Michael Landes as Troy Parker comes into the café and also strikes up a conversation with Jesse, and also leaves with her number. Troy is more handsome, wealthier, and seemingly more attractive in all areas than is Ethan.

So much of the running time of the movie is witnessing Jesse dating and starting to fall in love with two men, Ethan and Troy, and she seems to like them equally. Quite a quandary which is worked out very well in the final scenes. My wife and I enjoyed this movie, a bit better than its IMDb rating would suggest.

MAJOR SPOILERS: In fact Troy did not exist at all. Ethan was the only one dating Jesse. After Ethan's meeting with his publisher (Carol Kane) he decided to use his own experiences but write in a more interesting character, and he came up with Troy. So as Ethan and Jesse go about, doing things, and deepening their relationship, we see that played out as Troy and Jesse, the story of his new book which, when he is finished, becomes his first published work. Jesse however was reluctant to commit to Ethan, a great guy, because she knew he wanted a family but she cannot have children, a fact that broke up her first marriage. But Ethan assures her adopting children will be fine, he is committed to her. They end up happily ever after.

When it came to the end I was actually hoping that it would end the way it did... and then the nice refreshing twist made me smack myself upside the head. How did I miss it? I don't know, but I'm glad I did, because it made the movie worth watching.

-I thoroughly enjoyed it and I don't say that at all about rom-coms.

-There were some issues I had with the ADR and sound mixing, it was a little distracting.

-Finally a recently made movie, based in Utah that didn't throw the Mormon faith down your throat.

-The characters were believable and worth caring about.

-A very nice, fresh start to bringing quality film back to Utah after the horrible destruction done by Kurt Hale and the Halestorm (lack of) Entertainment BS they put out.

I was disappointed to say the least. This movie has me torn. While its execution was fairly precise, I felt cheated. The 'twist' at the end pretty much negates the entire movie, tag-line, poster and advertising and is basically telling you that the movie you came in expecting to see does not exist. In fact the actual story is a good deal shorter and simpler and really not much of a movie at all as it could be told in about twenty minutes.

This is what the films website says it's about:

'Jesse (Alyssa Milano,) is a sassy, intelligent woman who has yet to find "Mr. Right"—until she bumps into Ethan (Christopher Gorham), a writer pushed to the edge of despair after having another novel rejected by publishers. For Jesse, the encounter offers more than a chance to inspire the artist in Ethan again. It also opens a new, romantic chapter in her life... with one huge complication. Moments after meeting the perfect guy for her, Jesse meets Mr. Perfect— Troy (Michael Landes) a confident and successful advertising executive who makes almost every moment elegant and romantic. Soon Jesse is in over her head and grappling with the ultimate romantic paradox: what does a girl do when she meets "Mr. Right"… after already meeting the right guy?'

Except that its not.

From the get go the film gives you a GIANT clue as to what is going on, and if you get it, well then you spend pretty much the entire movie bored, as you know that half of what you're watching is not real and thus there is no conflict at all except the one the love interest Jesse (Alyssa Milano) creates for herself. Now let me explain why I called Jesse the love interest. The film is not about her, contrary to all the posters and the trailer and the tag-line the film is about a writer who keeps inserting himself into his stories, which makes them unappealing because no one wants to read about a normal guy struggling for his art. With no belief in himself he is on the cusp of giving up and selling out when he meets a girl who so wholeheartedly believes in him and his talent it makes him believe in himself. He is so inspired by her that he inserts her into his story instead, this proves more popular and lo and behold he garners success and belief in himself and his writing. He also has to rescue the girl from her own personal demons and show her that his love for her will overcome anything. That's the movie I saw. To be honest that movie is not bad. I don't understand why it had to be squashed by this silly made up 'Girl can't choose between two guys' nonsense which isn't the movie, the movie even tells you itself that it isn't the movie, it never really tries that hard to convince you that you're watching a girl torn between two guys. I mean if you're trying to convince me that this girl is dating two great guys then maybe make the other guy less of a cardboard cut-out. Maybe give their relationship some personality, maybe have him interact with at least one other person in Jesse's life. Now this is all excusable if you take it from the point of view that he isn't real. But if he isn't real then why bother? The misdirection feels pathetic , unconvincing and pointless. Hey Daryn Tufts, why are you trying to convince I'm watching a different movie than I am actually watching? It feels like a someone was trying (and failing) to trick me, that just makes the actual story, the one that was trying to be told, redundant, because now none of it means anything and I just wasted an hour and twenty minutes rolling my eyes.

I gave the film a four because despite the terrible script and story the performances weren't bad given what they had to work with. Christopher Gorham is charming as hell and Alyssa Milano brings a sweetness to Jesse, though I find her performance a little flat. Tom Lenk's little storyline is actually quite funny and he is amusing in it. Everybody else is kinda nondescript and their roles really could have been played by anybody, such is their lack of anything resembling character or personality. I feel the most sorry for Michael Landes but eh, never rated him much anyway.

While I like the premise (which wasn't revealed until the end) of a fictional love story paralleling the "real" love story happening, in the end, the "story romance" if you pull it apart from the writer's story and take it on its own merits it's dull and not so inspiring that the author finally gets published, it doesn't work. The fake love story is boring -- girl meets handsome guy, who is a rich ad exec, and she inspires him for a campaign with some random sentence and she decides to follow him to his new position that she inspired....it's total drivel. Like who cares? The big reveal at the end of the thing she can't bring herself to tell the guy is that she can't have children and that's why she doesn't want to burden him by marrying him. I guessed that plot point in the first 15 minutes and it's just dumb -- adopting, surrogates, etc. being available. Anyway, I think they missed the plane in the end -- if you do watch it this will sort of make sense.

if your going to watch this movie and only pay half attention, like i kind of did, at the end your going to be a bit confused.

while watching the movie im thinking that alyssa milano (jessie) is actually dating two people, when in fact shes really not. the character troy is simply the character in ethans book that becomes published in the end of the movie. so the whole time im sitting here thinking "man this is pretty messed up, this chick is dating two guys at the same time, in which there relationships are becoming pretty serious, and thats just not cool to cheat like that" i had to come to this site and read the user reviews to understand troy was simply a character in the book.

all in all its a pretty cool twist on t he movie, but it had me thinking that this chick has serious issues. who knows maybe you'll pick up on it in the ending and im just dumb.

This isn't a bad movie... there's just something wrong with it. Is it the writing? That it's the whitest cast and group of extras I've ever seen? The "twist" is kind of... INCREDIBLY LAME. And yet, somehow (I think because the cast is very likable) it's not totally bad.

And I hate to think it's because it's written by a Mormon but the whole conflict and motivating drive of this movie basically revolves around breeding small humans. THE WHOLE THING. And it's supposed to be this mystery to Christopher Gorham's character but he finds out and doesn't care and the tiny conflict is just magically gone so they can get married and I guess... adopt? (Oh and what's the deal with her getting a real job, deciding to move away and then not taking it? Falling in love is great and all, but doesn't she need to eat? Most book authors are not very wealthy.) Also, there should have been more depth or something to the brother-sister relationships. If two grown single people live together, they wouldn't be so easy breezy with each other. There would at least be teasing or fighting or roommate issues. No one gets along like that... It's creepy. (But I love Jonathan from Buffy and his little side plot was way more fun. Actually he was the only funny part of it.) But for all its faults, the featured actors are adorable and the clothes are cute. Of course, with most movies, that shouldn't be part of the review.

It's not bad for a rainy Saturday streaming on Netflix. But it's just kind of off.

Horrible, retarded movie. 1 out of every 10 couples cannot have children naturally. Why would this be such a "horrible" secret to have to keep or hide from someone?!!??! What about IVF, ICSI, Adoption, Foster Care, etc.? Are you retarded? At the end when she says "I'll never be a mother." What an idiot! Does that mean all adoptive parents are not mothers/fathers? LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME movie and LAME message. Excuse my while I go poke my eyes out from watching a piece of JUNK movie.

Shame on you Alyssa. SHAMMMMMMMMMMMME!

Not only is the message bad, but the acting is deplorable. Save a couple hours of your life and watch a cat take a nap instead. It'll be a better use of your time. I PROMISE.

This was one of the most annoying films ever. Characters, plot, acting, all equally annoying. Had to skip through it to get to the ending to finally understand that what seemed so unrealistic in this movie was actually not real, and was meant to be so. Whatever, not even worth explaining what it was all about, annoying and a total cliché, i would definitely not recommend seeing it. I still have to write a few more lines, so i keep writing but you really shouldn't keep reading. Really, i m not saying anything important, its just words to fill up some space, having watched this movie i m really not at all inspired to write anything interesting, it s not very often that i do either, oh well, 10 lines we have made it!

I enjoyed the film and didn't really think about the twist let alone see it coming. I seemed to spend much of the film wondering if James Van Der Beek had died his hair black before realizing it was Henry off Ugly Betty.

Unfortunately the publicist was right, Christopher Gorham didn't convince me he was a good leading man. I spent most of the movie thinking the other guy was the better (hotter, fitter!) choice so I guess I was slightly disappointed by the twist. I suppose you could say that was the point of the story, that the leading man wasn't the usual type but it just left me a tad unsatisfied.

Probably wouldn't watch it again so can only be an average 5/10 for me.