Reviews

Oh my God, this was one of the worst movies ever. I hated everyone in it, for a PG-13 the nudity was SHOCKING and the story was predictable.

In the beginning, they established no chemistry. I didn't understand why Jim Sturgess would want anything to do with nerdy little Anne Hathaway. As it progressed, he became a complete jerk, womanizer, alcoholic and drug addict which made me wonder why Hathaway, the now teacher, would want anything to do with him (Because childhood crushes make it all okay?). Oh, but soon he meets a woman and is suddenly cured of all his addictions and problems. Because you become a responsible adult in like half a year and because of some woman who has no personality (they pretty much say that) and isn't likable. Nice.

They go back and forth for like 10 years, which felt like it was in real time, before they finally get together. He has had a daughter with the woman that made him sober up (she cheated on him. Convenient) but our little turtledoves want a baby of their own. Anne Hathaway apparently can't have children. Cliché? It gets worse. She gets hit by a bus, which may or may not be the same bus from Final Destination with the way it just came out of no where going 800 mph.

Well, Sturgess falls back into his alcoholic ways, getting into fights on that same day every year and his daughter basically thinks he's a bum... Probably because he is. Some lovely bonding time with Dad happens. Ugh. Years progress (why do we care about the story anymore if she's dead? I'm not sure, but the film makers thought we did) and him and his daughter get closer of course. The movie finally ends by kind of flashing back to the first day they hung out/literally slept together, where they contradict themselves and make no sense (him and her get all lovey dovey in the flashback, but then why wouldn't they have stayed together in the first place instead of the long mess we just endured).

The characters were horrible, I hated all of them except his Dad who's just grumpy. Jim Sturgess' relationship with his mom is supposed to be close but is portrayed slightly creepy. She dies too. Anne Hathaway shouldn't have done an accent as she loses it a few times and it changes to cockney in a section too. I wasn't too sad when she was hit by the bus because her character is annoying and her acting made it worse. Sturgess didn't do anything good with his part either. You just hate him, he's a complete scumbag.

After this, I doubt I'll ever see another movie from Hathaway or Sturgess. It was God awful. Don't even waste your money by renting it for a dollar. You'll have spent too much.