this past weekend i saw this movie with my parents. the trailer definitely grabbed my attention, not only cuz of the huge cast, but cuz of the “real-nist” of the subject of love. its not like those bullshit storylines where the girl meets a guy that she totally hates and then obviously fall in love with him. thats TOTAL BULLSHIT! its too out there and too perfect of an ending. life is not full of perfect endings. movies only capture what is going on in only a part of a character’s life. every character cannot have a perfect ending. you just have to continue on with your life.

so this movie is about a married man named cal, who is married to emily. right from the beginning, she wants a divorce cuz shes not happy with the marriage, plus she slept with her coworker. cal has nothing else to say but to give her what she wants, so he moves out of the house. cal and emily have a 13 yr old son named robbie, which you learn in the beginning that he is in love with his babysitter named jessica, who is 17. they also have a daughter named molly, who is just there in the movie. cal is obviously sad and has been going to this bar a lot and he eventually meets this playboy, flirtatious tomcat of a guy named jacob. jacob decides to help and fix cal’s confidence and make him look good. before, jacob met this girl who was at the girl that actually turned him down, whose name was hannah.

(im not going to explain what happens cuz its a really good storyline and plus its too complicated to explain and write this all out)—— if you dont want the ending ruined for you, dont continue reading this! if you dont care, continue on…

talking about just the ending (which i mostly just want to talk about), this movie gave me the ending that i really like. everyone didnt get their perfect ending, only jacob and hannah. everyone else got a realistic ending, which im sure that everyone can relate to. im not sure how the general public views this kind of ending. (this is definitely nothing like “love actually”, which ive never seen before, dont have the slightist interest to ever watch it, but im sure everyone got a perfect ending, and which is why many girls love that movie.) i think cuz i love indie films so much, i like and im used to this kind of ending, where shit happens, characters learn to deal with it, make the best out of it, and move on with their lives.

i was actually kinda scared that this storyline wouldnt be that great cuz of the huge cast. i know some movies where there is a huge cast of actors and actresses that you would like would be a great movie, but the story is just not up to par with what i expect it to be. but this is all in my opinion, im just way too opinionated. lol

in the end, this is a movie i recommend ppl to watch, it is a movie i would get on dvd. the reason i liked this movie cuz it got me thinking a lot, of course on the subject of love. the ending made me feel optimistic about love. in the movie, cal and his son talk about being in love. and that if the person you love is your soul mate, you shouldnt give up on them. cal, who refers to his ex-wife as his soul mate, says that he didnt give up on her, hes mad at her for cheating, but he still loves her and cares for her. when i heard that, i really liked that “concept”. i dont necessarily believe in the true meaning of soul mates, but the point about not giving up on the one you love and not stop loving them is what caught my eye cuz i felt like i could relate to it.

what do you think? all this is just my opinion, you can let me know what you think if you think differently.

ps: i want to mention that i would totally bang ryan gosling, who plays jacob. he is a total hottie and i would bang him in an instant. lol im done.