A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Director Robert Benton finds an emotional through line in a format that might have easily broken down into a series of disconnected anecdotes with little to nourish us.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
28 Sep 2007
fresh:
Multiple narratives are fluidly interwoven and the writing is often inspired, resulting in dialogue that feels honest and insightful, if occasionally mannered.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
28 Sep 2007
rotten:
At one point he tells a love-struck friend, 'I think I'd proceed with caution.' I'd proceed just as cautiously to the movie.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
28 Sep 2007
fresh:
It's episodic and I'd say I liked about 60 percent of it and about 40 percent of it I could leave, but it's just enough for me to say it's worth seeing.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
1 Oct 2007
rotten:
A would-be-wistful dramedy that's almost insufferably full of itself.