i also thought the movie sent a horrible message to young girls. i myself am a recent post-grad, and went to see this movie in hopes of a positive message, or something hopeful about this scary time after college. did i get it? nope! she goes to nyc, drops her dream job, to follow a guy that she's had a strictly platonic relationship with, and has ignored his passes at her for years. what made her suddenly realize he was the one? and get this, he left YOU! he went to columbia to follow his dreams, WITHOUT you, that should tell you something. i was laughing at their reunion, he was "filling out paperwork" with his RA, who's sitting on his bed. is that what they call it, "filling out forms?" i dunno, this movie was poorly poorly written, which is a shame because michael keaton knows how to work good material, he is a great actor, but even he couldn't save this flat, lifeless cliched movie. it didn't have a thread that tied it all together, you've got the girl exploring post-grad craziness, the guy who is in love with his bestfriend, the cooky family, strange grandmother facing death, plus a latin lover thrown in--for what? it made no sense, they were trying to do too many things, and doing that they accomplished nothing. i think this movie wanted to be "little miss sunshine" but it fell short. there were some interesting things in this movie that could've been explored, but were too shallow in the film and made you wonder why they put it in at all (the best friend's tumultuous relationship with his dad, the dad's fooling around with women who work for him, the elderly grandmother dealing with the fact that she's getting older and will die). these things were VERY interesting, and would've made a better movie on their own, even the best friend guy was more interesting then the lead character. i would've rather learned more about him. overall, i didn't like the movie, it should be on abc family right now, not in theaters. if the moral of the story is that love trumps all, why leave your family behind, who really love you, that guy can wait (he has been waiting), i mean they're chanting their family's name, and you see they're very weird, but she loves them, so what does she do? leave them! if you're gonna go to ny to chase the guy you don't really want bc you're latin lover dumped your ass, line up a job so that you're not sitting around in his dorm all day while he's in law classes. she wanted that job so bad, and looked like she was doing well at it, but she leaves it. and if it's not what you're doing, but who you're with, don't leave your family in the dust. sorry, for my long review--this movie was just frustrating, i kept looking at my friend in the theater like what is going on? LOL let me end this rant here, i actually should be looking for a job right now LOL
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MJJrux
12 years ago
I don't know where to start from, first I think this movie could have been a whole lot better.. but for those people saying she should have called him..a phone call won't work, you gotta remember they just had a rough patch and were barely in talking terms when he moved away (even though he claimed he had "forgiven" her, he promised to call when he was settled in but he never does). A phone call would have put them both in a slightly awkward spot.
For those saying she could have flown, well she only just got this job, she's not exactly swimming in cash and I highly doubt she could afford to fly that often.
I also don't agree that Adam moved to Columbia to follow his dreams. He mentioned this earlier in the movie when they're by the pool,after he invites Ryden to his show. Ryden asks if music was his choice,and he says no, and then she asks if law was his dream, and he says "I'm not saying that either"..Adam wasnt sure what he wanted to do, but he saw moving to Columbia as an opportunity to get away from Ryden and his feelings for her, as she wouldn't return them.
As per her quitting her job, I don't she should have quit that job for any reason unless she was been mistreated because it was her dream. But again this is movie world, each scene with her at work could have been the same day, or a month apart and she happened to wear the same outfit (which would have given her time to drop her 2 weeks notice).
As per her realising she liked Adam, well according to the movie, she was always working, and she probably realized how lonely her life was without him in it, afterall they did EVERYTHING together, and he always had something smarta** to say, or a random song to sing to her. It's possible she missed all of that,and realized just how important he was to her, and how much she really cared about him. THIS STILL DOES NOT GIVE HER A RIGHT TO QUIT HER JOB.
I loved the cooky family/crazy grandmother. I thought that was brilliant. It helps the audience understand even better why she needs a job and an apartment asap.
I understand why her dad might let her move to Columbia, he just wanted to make sure he was getting in the way of her dreams (regardless of how dumb it is). He was just trying to be a good, supportive howbeit crazy dad.
She didnt leave her family in the dust,they were still in contact and they were going to visit her in NY anyway.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will worry about itself
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