Wow. This film has a ton of female acting talent: Natalie Portman - easily the best actress of her generation, Greta Gerwig - incapable of not standing out in a scene, Lake Bell - should’ve become a superstar after her performance in OVER HER DEAD BODY, Olivia Thirlby - definitely up and coming, and Mindy Kaling - wickedly smart with perfect comic timing. Yet with all this talent on display, the film is so disappointing.
The problem is the story itself. In a romcom, complications must ensue that keep our leads apart. The bigger the complication, the more compelling the story becomes. Here, there’s really nothing separating Natalie Portman from Ashton Kutcher. The script hints at Portman’s personality dysfunction but since we know the two will end up together, the dysfunction seems trivial at best which weakens the story considerably.
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