In line with the recent Valentine's Day, maybe I should write a little about this romantic comedy, starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black and directed by Nancy Meyers. 
The opening voice over of Kate already captured my heart. I thought to myself, she is really good...and the writing is equally impressive as well. What can I say about the story? It is just your typical romantic comedy. Everything seems to happen the way we want them to happen, very conveniently. Kate Winslet scores a winning point for her acting and Cameron Diaz can only try to match hers. Jude Law, as always, forever playing this charming and sensitive type of character, which honestly, to me, he plays it decently well. The only problem I found was that Jack's character was not well developed. He seems to evaporate into nothingness when he is next to Kate. It would have been better if more meat were given to this supposedly interesting character in the film. It is definitely your feel good kind of movie, something that you could sit back and relax, just watch it for what it is meant to be - to entertain. It is easy to find love, but the question is, how to then maintain and sustain the passion in a relationship that has become as natural as drinking a glass of water and not feel a thing about it? Not that interesting after all, right? Maybe a slice of lemon to spice it up? Put the zest of falling-in-love-all-over-again kind of feeling right back where it should belong. Where goes the element of surprise?...Like any other days, Happy Valentine's Day!
The opening voice over of Kate already captured my heart. I thought to myself, she is really good...and the writing is equally impressive as well. What can I say about the story? It is just your typical romantic comedy. Everything seems to happen the way we want them to happen, very conveniently. Kate Winslet scores a winning point for her acting and Cameron Diaz can only try to match hers. Jude Law, as always, forever playing this charming and sensitive type of character, which honestly, to me, he plays it decently well. The only problem I found was that Jack's character was not well developed. He seems to evaporate into nothingness when he is next to Kate. It would have been better if more meat were given to this supposedly interesting character in the film. It is definitely your feel good kind of movie, something that you could sit back and relax, just watch it for what it is meant to be - to entertain. It is easy to find love, but the question is, how to then maintain and sustain the passion in a relationship that has become as natural as drinking a glass of water and not feel a thing about it? Not that interesting after all, right? Maybe a slice of lemon to spice it up? Put the zest of falling-in-love-all-over-again kind of feeling right back where it should belong. Where goes the element of surprise?...Like any other days, Happy Valentine's Day! 
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