Date: December 1Location: AMC Sunset Place
Alex and I cashed in a free Moviewatcher ticket and chose this sweet, though flawed, romantic comedy. The film rests on the shoulders of Steve Carell, and he delivers big time. In a performace much closer to his Little Miss Sunshine sad-sack than The Office's Michael Scott, Carell delivers both the laughs and the heartache. As with La Vie en Rose, the film itself doesn't live up to its lead performance — plot contrivances and movie-quirky situations weigh things down. But this is a hard movie to criticize... it makes you laugh and pulls your heart strings (and even features a nice little Elvis Costello cover). Just fine for a free movie on date night.
