This is more traditional rom-com, but I like the premise. Will tells his daughter how he met her mother (which reminds me of the TV show). Of course there are more than one love interest in the story, so it’s a fun game to actually discover which one he will end up marrying.
The premise is fun and it actually really works. I had to stop halfway through, and even though it was past midnight, my wife and I were very curious to continue it and learn the truth.
The three women in this story all had their charm. Emily (Elisabeth Banks) looked like the typical girl from a small town, not very ambitious and innocent. Of course that will change by the end, but we don’t really get to see the reasons for that change.
Her friend Summer (Rachel Weisz) is the most rebellious and open women, in fact I wonder if Emily sent Will to Summer so that he would break up with her. Kevin Kline had a fun role as Summer’s lover, I hardly recognized his look though.
The last girl is April (Isla Fisher), who looks a lot like Amy Adams. But she’s also the cute lovable girl who is not naive but intelligent.
Will has fallen for all of these women, but only one will end up with him. In hindsight I guess it was obvious who it’d be, but it was still fun to find out.
My major problem with this film is that I couldn’t care less about Will. I just don’t think Ryan Renolds can carry a movie. I don’t hate him, his performance is fine, but he just doesn’t have enough charm or presence. Since he’s the star of this movie, this was obviously a big problem for me.
That said, there are so many worse comedies out there, this is actually not too bad.
Rating: 2.5 Stars