I went to see this movie with my mother. We both walked into the theater expecting total fluff. We got total fluff. But I found myself loving and hating the fluff at the same time. Yes it is a feel good movie and everything good works out and there were sad parts and all that. But I am left with a bad taste in my mouth about 2 of the story lines presented. Firstly, despite all the rumors I can definitively say that Lea Michele is NOT the reason Demi and Ashton broke up. There was beyond ZERO chemistry between these two. Just really bad. There is no way that he wanted to kiss her at all. That was evident throughout their scenes.
The second storyline that was just beyond ridiculous for me is after literally the entire movie build up of the mystery woman that Josh Duhamel, and being led to think that it was going to be Hillary Swank (which would be believable) we find him meeting, Sarah Jessica Parker. WHAT??? She is so WAY older than him and I had to be a SJP hater but she is not the cute Sex and the City SJP any more. She is old, frumpy, mom looking SJP. Just not believable. Made the end of the movie a Debbie Downer, Wha wha, for me.
It is fun and Gary Marshal in classic fashion weaves together stories that don’t seem to go together but do. Robert De Niro is amazing and the movie is worth seeing just for his performance.
