robin bonathan You by now should have read the plot and this does review does not contain any spoilers.It is a great film, has great acting.Good story, lots of twists and turns in it, very funny.Its a simple love tale, with a few surprises on the journey.I take this off the shelf every few months to watch.Same class as love actually, Notting hill, etc.If you are looking for an action film, go elsewhere.If you want a feel good film, this is for you.When friends come to stay, I show them this film and they all enjoy it.Don't be put off by some of the other reviews.

btm1 The plot is thin but had potential: a British artist (Colin Firth) becomes dazed and despondent on receiving an invitation to the wedding of his fiancée, Vera (Minnie Driver), to another man. He promptly flies to America and takes a sleepless overnight Greyhound bus ride to a Vermont Town ("Hope Springs," population 18,459) where he knows no one. (He chose that destination because of its name.) He gets a room at a motel where the the owner/desk clerk, Joanie (Mary Steenburgen), immediately notes his despondency and sends an attractive young amateur psychologist, Mandy (Heather Graham), to his room. Eventually they fall in love, but his former fiancée arrives, wants him back, and does things to disrupt his affair with Mandy. The only funny bits in the movie are Vera's attempts to find a place in town where smoking isn't prohibited. I didn't find other comic attempts particularly funny. In one scene Vera in only a bra and panties in a crowd but what seems like a comic opportunity is ignored. The actors are fine but the the story jumps from one situation to another without taking time to develop even a hint of credibility. In one scene in a car Mandy, with no explanation, chugs a large bottle of what seems to be hard liquor while Colin merely watches. Apparently that was just to create the comic situation of Colin having to take over the driving so hey can have a comic bit of a driver used to driving on the left side of the road trying to drive on American streets. I didn't find the comic moments particularly funny. Inconsistencies abound: the bus trip from a Boston international airport to Vermont can't be much more than 3 or 4 hours. The restaurants and town hall seem to big for a small town. In one scene Colin is first in a towel and then dressed. Colin does some stupid things for no apparent reason other than to create comic situations.

leplatypus It's indeed the season in the movie: heavy rains and leaves falling. But it's also the feeling I got after watching it. It'a bit dull: the locations are beautiful, the cast is talented but the sauce doesn't get drenched. Maybe it's because i can't believe that we can't fall in love like this and that Minnie's trick for testing her relationship is impossible. Hence, i never related to the drama, that is above all very limited: it's Minnie pleading all the time for the come-back of her lover. By luck, there are some funny moments but it's not enough and the movie would have been more interesting with focusing more on the British / American differences.

ejlabolton I'm not easily amused but this fun movie has a lot going for it.The photography's great and the scenery is likewise. The cast is energetic and easy on the eye. Most of all, the story doesn't take itself too seriously.There's some minor elements of clichéd expression but I can't recall anyone falling over and (more importantly) no one falls into the swimming pool as seemed likely at one stage.The character playing 'Fisher' the motel manager's husband was memorable as much for his appearance and delivery as his lines. Watch for one of his soliloquies where Colin Firth could be mistaken for John Cleese It's all good fun!