After his wife cheats on him and says she wants a divorce,
Cal (Steve Carell) spends his time moping in a bar until he is taken under the
wing of big time womaniser Jacob (Ryan Gosling). He gets out of his slump and
is reminded of what it’s like to make an effort with women, but he really just
wants to be with his wife again.
I was expecting this to be dreadful and it was not that at
all. Of course some parts were cheesy but on the whole, I liked it. It was
interesting to me that Cal accepted that his wife cheated on him and that he
still wanted to be with her. I didn’t like that he seemed to be taking all the
blame on himself; just because he’s not really been exciting anymore doesn’t
mean it should be alright that she cheats on him. He believes she is ‘the one’
and that he wants to be with her no matter what. Don’t really know if I’m a fan
of the whole ‘the one’ thing. I just don’t see how it’s possible that there’s
just one person out there for you. Especially if that person would then cheat
on you.
I wanted to write more but, y’know, alcohol. So.
7/10
