Lanzhu The film is so well done and very touched, I was hooked by the first minute too, I will have to go back again and find out how it begins. The relationship between them are very sensitive and very well delivered to the audience( me ) I like the film. The camera and lighting is well lit, especially when showing kUTCHER'S eyes about his sadness and madness. Mitchel is very sexy and she plays out well the mid-women's frustration, desire and life. It is worth your time to watch and enjoy. P.S This rule of 10 lines are very stupid....

Jim Riley If you were to film a row of country mailboxes with their lids flapping open and shut over several weeks it would be roughly as interesting as this movie -- and far more credible.Ashton Kutcher plays a big, silent, slow-talking wrestler who can't communicate his feelings about his murdered sister, except to subject himself to dangerous bench-press challenges, alone in the training room. He remains about this communicative for the first sixty minutes of the film, and he appears to waver between "half-wit" and "strong silent type" (really, REALLY silent type) for so long, you get the impression the screenwriter couldn't quite decide what to do with human clay before him.That's where Michelle Pfeiffer comes along, with lines so pedestrian ("I work at the community center", "I cry at weddings") they seem geared to stay within her range of performance, and yet she still can't manage them. Believe it or not, she makes Ashton Kutcher look something like an actor.Very miss-able. I still don't know how it ends.

samson01991 Decent movie, but I found myself lost in several areas. I was not impressed with synopsis surrounding Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer's characters. It was weak in many areas, personal relationship, where the characters drew their strength and weaknesses from. I found myself being bored in many parts, and had to come back to the storyline several times to keep my interest intact. Kathy Bates did very well with the limited material provided, and understood some of the areas where humor was included and needed. I was more impressed with Aleks Paunovic and Spencer Hudson, and would like to have seen their characters expanded much more in the movie. It's a shame, and I would have rated it higher were this the case. Paunovic and Hudson appear to be excellent actors!

dude42008 I've never written a review for a movie before. But after seeing such negative reviews for this movie I had to step up and say something. I thought this movie was great! The acting was superb and the plot was realistic. Some people seemed to think that the relationship between Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher was weird or creepy because of the age difference. This is absurd. There is nothing wrong with an older women falling in love with a younger man. Another problem people seemed to have with this movie was it's pace. Not me, I was enveloped into this movie from start to finish, and that's saying something since most of the time I watch DVDs I pause to take a break and do something else for a bit. I thought the story was engaging and the relationship between Michelle and Ashton believable.If you're someone that's into movies involving regular people dealing with the stress and depression that life can cause then this movie is for you. But if your looking for the typical fake Hollywood stuff then you might want to pass this up.On a side note, the only reason I gave this a 9 out of 10 was because I thought the ending could have been a tad bit better. Otherwise this movie is flawless.