I know everyone hates Katherine Heigl but I really don't mind her. Granted I wouldn't hand her an Oscar anytime soon but she's a better alternative than a lot of the leading ladies out there. (Speaking of leading ladies, I'm totally looking forward to Anne Hathaway's Love and Other Drugs due out later this month.)
Josh Duhamel has been gracing the screen more and more and while I'm not drooling over him the way a lot of the ladies in the theater were, I certainly don't mind the look of him. Being a recent parent myself it seems the writer of this movie knew where he was coming from, portraying some very realistic moments in the lives of new parents. A lot of the bad reviews for this film came from the interspersion of potty humor (or should I say diaper humor) and I agree they weren't really necessary but I didn't find them distracting. I did question the beginning of the movie, why we as audience members are forced to connect with characters we know aren't long for this world, but perhaps that was to allow us to feel a little more sympathy for the grief of the main characters. I think, however, in the genre of romantic comedy depression never feels very good or right.
The biggest shock for me with this movie was Josh Lucas. He is looking old. Compared to the quiet devoted husband in Sweet Home Alabama he's certainly playing the older divorcee' to perfection.
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