He loves her. She loves him not.
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and spare.
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- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Renoon TMDB · Sep 20165/10
**The comedy about a second chance.** I'm reviewing a decade old film. This kind of themes is very much done for the current era, particularly in Hollywood. You can't believe this guy did a film like this back then. I'm obviously talking about Ryan Reynolds. It was just for fun, other than that there's nothing to expect from it. Clearly we know how the story begins and ends, but we're only going to see the middle parts, how they developed it, especially the comedies. All the actors were decent, particularly Amy Smart was much preferred actress than what she's now. Ryan Reynolds with those dual getups was not bad either and Anna Faris was excellent in the comedy parts. Maybe it is a chick film, or close to that category, but the perspective of the story was from a man. Being a geek in the high school, how he transformed into a handsome man is the film. When he visits his hometown, all the old memories comes back to the life, particularly after seeing his old close friend who he had a crush on her, but never revealed it. So it is like his second and probably final chance to express his feeling. How it all develops and ends was the remaining story. Being a comedy, it has not delivered
Read the whole review on TMDB - Steveb29on TMDB · Jan 20234/10
Just came across this one (2023] and although I am a big fan of the lead actors, I consider this movie to be as cheesy as they come. I didn't see it in the theater, but at this point, I didn't miss anything. Wasted time on this, needless to say, it was disappointing. 3/10
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Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsChris Brander
- Amy SmartJamie Palamino
- Anna FarisSamantha James
- Chris KleinDusty Dinkleman
- Christopher Rodriguez MarquetteMike Brander
- Julie HagertyCarol Brander
- Amy MatysioDarla
- Giacomo BeltramiYoung Mike Brander
- Fred EwanuickClark
- Wendy AndersonMrs. Palamino
Crew
- Roger KumbleDirector
- Adam 'Tex' DavisWriter
- Anthony B. RichmondDirector of Photography
- Jeff CardoniOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff FreemanEditor
- Chris BenderProducer
- Jake WeinerProducer
- J.C. SpinkProducer
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