piry12 The merit of this movie is that confronted grief, and tried to do so seriously. We know that in daily life, it is hard for any human being just to grief or talk about loss. When I read the critics I see that they have praised this fact but have mentioned that the movie didn't know if to be a comedy or a drama.Grief, life and humor are intertwined in real life. I am no saying that Jennifer Aniston ruined a masterpiece about grief or that the movie didn't have other faults but wherever she is "being herself" (which is Jennifer Aniston over and over) with her fidgeting, her usual getting stuck to pronounce words or express herself,the usual movements of her head like saying hello?? Her superfluous acting, her not getting deep in any emotions, when all this happens any other efforts are cheapen out. She makes everything around look light, silly, frivolous. And for more than others feel what they do and believe their characters , she doesn't seem to have any fiber on her. The only movie when I saw a different performance of JA was "The good girl" but nothing else after that. I was moved by a concept conveyed here: "all these counselors and people that tell us what to do and they haven't examined themselves". That is important. Or the guilt issue which always accompany any grief. When Walter said "I couldn't hold him" this might seem very simple but convey these little details that stay with people when they lose someone and start thinking what they might have done different. And there is little comfort. Aaron Eckhart has this warmth about him that makes him believable. I understand if people don't like the movie, but I think that they tried and the casting of JA didn't help in this effort.It is worthwhile to mention Martin Sheen and John Carroll Lynch as very convincing and effortless performances.

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!

tanelteder A romantic drama with Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston seems promising, huh? Of course. Aaron has had some breakthrough roles and Jennifer is always beautiful. Unfortunately, I was left disappointed. Although they look like a nice couple, the movie itself had lots of deficiences. It didn't gel and I felt bored.Burke (Aaron Eckhart) is more interesting than Eloise (Jennifer Aniston), but still falls short. The story around him is far too superficial. Eloise looks great, but yeah.. that's about it.Romantic drama? Yes. Good Romantic drama? No. More like an average or below that. Sometimes love happens, sometimes not. It doesn't happen with this film.

mburgermeister this is the first review i've written and am only doing so because my comcast guide gave this film a one-star review. it's much better than that. if 'the ugly truth' and 'made of honor' are getting two stars, then this is easily 3.5 stars.aaron eckhart plays a successful, widowed, author and jennifer aniston plays girl-picking-the-wrong-guy florist. stop me if you heard this before, i know. they grow to like/love each other and she helps him through his unresolved pain.i'm mainly responding to the harsh reviews and trying to understand them. was this promoted as a romantic comedy? if so... then blame the distributors. it is, in fact, a character drama and if you thought you were tuning in for light faire, you would rightfully feel tricked.another grievance could be that it doesn't hit the mark for a tearjerker. yeah, somehow with the script it feels like it could/should move you more than it did. and while i agree that eckhart and aniston played it restrained, i also think they put forward engaging real-people performances. they didn't over-reach, i didn't cry, and that's OK.i just want to put a comment out to recommend you go ahead and watch this movie and as long as you're not expecting 'the proposal' or 'the wedding date' i bet you'll be happy you watched.