2008 Woodie Awards
A lot like a boring movie
Jacquelyn Rodriguez
Issue date: 4/29/05 Section: No Limits
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The movie "A Lot Like Love" is a lot like wasting your money for a cheesy comic chick flick. I love the cast, Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, but I thought the script needed some help.
The movie takes place over seven years and it starts out when Oliver Martin (Kutcher) and Emily Fiehl (Peet) meet at Los Angeles airport. They find each other on the same flight and both join the mile-high club without exchanging names.
Finally, both land in New York and coincidentally meet up again in the city. They talk and exchange names and the love begins.
Oliver, currently without a job, then makes a bet with Emily that in six years he will have a steady job, house and a wife and tells her to call him and gives her his parent's number. They spend the day together and at night share a goodbye kiss and part ways. Well we see where this is going, don't we?
The next time both meet is three years later. Emily just got dumped before New Year's and needs a date for the party, so who does she call? Oliver. They share a drunken, enjoyable night together, but Oliver departs in the morning due to his business moving to San Francisco.
They meet again briefly throughout the movie three more times. Can you say boring? Just get to the point. Both need to figure out they love one another the second time they meet, not the last.
Director Nigel Cole, ("Calendar Girls") didn't do so well this time around. Come on, hire a better producer to rewrite this script. It was so dragged out and cheesy.
My advice to you is to rent this movie when it comes out. Don't waste your $8.75 to see this show; save it for gas, since the prices have skyrocketed.
The movie takes place over seven years and it starts out when Oliver Martin (Kutcher) and Emily Fiehl (Peet) meet at Los Angeles airport. They find each other on the same flight and both join the mile-high club without exchanging names.
Finally, both land in New York and coincidentally meet up again in the city. They talk and exchange names and the love begins.
Oliver, currently without a job, then makes a bet with Emily that in six years he will have a steady job, house and a wife and tells her to call him and gives her his parent's number. They spend the day together and at night share a goodbye kiss and part ways. Well we see where this is going, don't we?
The next time both meet is three years later. Emily just got dumped before New Year's and needs a date for the party, so who does she call? Oliver. They share a drunken, enjoyable night together, but Oliver departs in the morning due to his business moving to San Francisco.
They meet again briefly throughout the movie three more times. Can you say boring? Just get to the point. Both need to figure out they love one another the second time they meet, not the last.
Director Nigel Cole, ("Calendar Girls") didn't do so well this time around. Come on, hire a better producer to rewrite this script. It was so dragged out and cheesy.
My advice to you is to rent this movie when it comes out. Don't waste your $8.75 to see this show; save it for gas, since the prices have skyrocketed.