'no, i'm sorry, but no' ??

Interesting interpretation...but I don't agree. I think he was very comfortable with her family. But, he'd had his heart broken by her already, and he wasn't about to let her do it again. And then 3 months later, he figured out that he really did love her and needed her in his life. I think it was also a slight shock for him that she all of a sudden came out and told him that he was who she wanted.

This movie was great. It was a light-hearted romance movie and sometimes that is all that we need.

The reason he said no, was because in his eyes she had turned him down, and he wasn't going to let her back in that easy. She has to work to gain his affections. If someone turns me down, then comes back months later and says I want to be with you, nope too late. And in reference to "ynghrt23"'s comment, you are incorrect, Julia Stiles is and was very gung ho about making this movie and in fact after the film shut down the first time, and everyone walked, she stayed on and pushed her school semister up a semister so she could film this movie. The only anger she has about the making of this movie was that Miramax Films which bought the distribution rights to the film didn't do anything with it. They never released it. Watching a movie midway through on cable doesn't constitute seeing a movie.

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Who ever thought it was the family, was thinking of Heath not Albert. I just thought we needed another stall so we could have the big moment at Thanksgiving. What a trite, sloppy, disconnected, obvious movie. The writing is as stilted and pointless as the performances. Sorry, I love good romantic comedies and this ain't it. It received the performances that the writing and direction deserved. It continually announced it's quirkiness without ever being quirky. The entire movie looked like sets, not places anyone, especially these characters, inhabited. Why would Albert care for Carolina at all? Why would anybody? I'm nuts about Julia Stiles, but not here. She's stupid and clueless throughout, there's nothing charming or lovable about her. The only character I felt anything for was poor old dad (Randy Quaid). With that group, no wonder he sought solace with the guys at AA. Oh, and Ernie. Again, he seemed to have some inner life that wasn't just some plot points strung together to shape a "character".

I actually really liked this movie, not to judge those who commented negatively but I have to say a big pet peave of mine are those who go through and pick apart a movie. It was cute, it was funny, it didn't change your life and make you want to become a jockey or writer ah well. About the reason he said no....

I would think that in his eyes it was one that she said no, two that she could be on the rebound from that idiot Heath, and three that she could just be trying to cling onto him beacause of her grandmothers death and he would want it to be for him.

I'm probably wrong but that's what I thought.

"May you be in heaven for a half hour before the devil finds out you're dead." Irish Blessing

The version I just saw was dubbed, but even then I'd have caught the 'saying-no'-bit, if it had been there. And I was also very surprised when Albert showed up at the end and suddenly Carolina wanted him anyway.

So somebody must have cut out a scene somewhere and cathw987 and I saw this version.

The end would have made way more sense with a scene where she tried to get Albert anyway and he reacted by saying no.