littlemisssunshinesutton-03055 A waste of time think Hugh grant is getting a little old for Rom com s or past it ... watched it because was a fan of Hugh grant like four weddings and about a boy and Bridget Jones diary etc .. but this one don't really work not as bad did you hear about the Morgans that was awful .. but the acting is quite poor .. which turns you off a bit

socrates99 Grant's a lesson in urbanity and wit in most of his movies but never as convincingly as here in this low budget but perfectly cast and beautifully written light comedy set in Binghamton, New York. The movie is about a Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a hit in years whose agent gets him a paying 'gig' as a college instructor teaching screen writing.Marisa Tomei gets into his class, J.K. Simmons is Head of his department, and Chris Elliott also teaches at the college and lives next door. Allison Janney plays a pivotal part as the fearsome Professor Weldon, the Head of the Ethics Committee, in front of which Grant is taken for having an innocent affair with one of his students.All in all I thought the comedic timing and direction near perfect and more than a little enjoyable. Clearly the stars here read the script and thought it delightful. With one caveat, that I've taught and live in a college town, I highly recommend. Hugh Grant fans will be especially enthralled but this should be a good choice for any guy too.

lphillips-50280 We know Marc Lawrence right...the deft hand in people relationships,the comic turn inside the serious, opening out a personality in a painless way...So...why did this one tank...it was/is warm, it was personal, I even liked the music...is Clyde Lawrence his brother... We've lost Nora Ephron now so we need to encourage the people people amongst us who happen to make films..good ones... It takes a lively interest in people to depict them sensitively, there are a number of cliché accompaniments in this film, but at worse they are endearing. The Grant character, no matter how he changes is becomes in itself a cliché, but i don't mind his conversational two step, i like his dry humour, and this film gives him the chance to evolve from the sardonic place that he is always in...in a manner that is accompanied in tone by the other cast members. They get it, they get it all...So we the audience get it, join in, walk out of the theatre feeling enriched by having shared something...What else is there.

kosmasp Hugh Grant and Marissa Tomei. That actually should be enough. And most of the running time it is enough. At the highest points this get, it is really witty and funny and light entertainment. Nicely written then. But maybe some passages would've worked better with a re-write (yes I went there - pretty sure not the first and only one to do so of course).Apart from the obvious pun and the already mentioned lead cast, we have a more than stellar surrounding cast. If you haven't seen Whiplash yet, do so. Though you might see the actor playing nice here with a completely different mind set. There are some extra bits at the end credits, with a really nice pun from one of the younger cast members. I also liked the fact that it didn't shy away from hot topics. Even if not entirely discussing them through (not always necessary)