Plot
A happy newlywed marriage counselor's views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 4.6/10 (2,465 voted)
Critic's Score: 13/100
Director:
Dermot Mulroney
Stars: Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, James Brolin
Storyline A happy newlywed marriage counselor's views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced.
Writers: Anouska Chydzik, Caprice Crane
Cast: Mandy Moore
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Ava
Kellan Lutz
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Charlie
James Brolin
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Bradley
Jane Seymour
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Betty
Jessica Szohr
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Shelby
Michael Weston
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Gerber
Marta Zmuda
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Kasia
(as Marta Zmuda Trzebiatowska)
Richard Reid
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Ian
Christopher Lloyd
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Dr. George
Alexis Denisof
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Lloyd
Alyson Hannigan
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Courtney
Colleen Camp
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Ethel
Andrew Keegan
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Jeramiah Stevens
Gabrielle Shuff
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Adrianna
Bob Edes
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Minister
(as Bob Edes Jr.)
Taglines:
Here comes the ride.
Release Date: 24 June 2011
Filming Locations: Houmas House Plantation - 40136 Highway 942, Burnside, Louisiana, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $1,200,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $1,378
(USA)
(5 June 2011)
(2 Screens)
Gross: $1,378
(USA)
(5 June 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Jessica Alba was rumored to play the lead role.
Quotes: Ava:
Hi... what was all the yelling about? Bradley:
Just your mother's normal kvetching. Betty:
Ohhhh... would you stop talking like that! This isn't a production of Fiddler on the Roof! Bradley:
Would you just relax and stop acting like some kind of meshuggeneh in front of our daughters! Betty:
What does that even mean? Jesus! Bradley:
Jewish! Ava:
Okay, can we just take this into my office... please? Right into my office... thank you... come on.
User Review
Trite, clumsy & preposterous
Rating: 2/10
If this is the best that Dermot Mulroney can do as a director, then I
can safely say that I'll pass on any future projects to which he is
attached. This is another "Pottery Barn/cashmere throw" style rom com a
la Nancy Meyers (with his and hers convertibles!), but her scripts are
superior. This one ranks with the worst offerings on Lifetime TV--
superficial, dull and directed in a lumbering style. The lead is
miscast: Mandy Moore is unbelievable as a marital counselor with a Ph.D
and a thriving private practice. She has no intellectual weight, no
emotional maturity and delivers her lines like a high school girl. It
gets old fast. I'm not a Jew but I was offended by the way Brolin's
character tries to "explore" his spirituality by taking on all the
trappings of that faith and nothing else. If this "subplot" was
supposed to be funny, it really wasn't. (Compare the scene in "Annie
Hall" when Woody Allen decides to become a Catholic and unpacks white
bread and mayo from a grocery bag.) In order to get to the end (which I
had to do because of my work), I entertained myself by ticking off how
many times Jane Seymour dropped her American accent in the middle of
sentences (47). This is a waste of 90 mins and you're better off
watching something else.
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