Almost annoying....spoilers
the main character, Donavan, jumping to so many conclusions based on false assumptions almost ruined the movie for me. I'm use to misunderstandings between characters in movies like this but, with her, it was ridiculous how may times she made judgements without knowing all the facts. I had a difficult time trying to like her because of the sometimes illogical and annoying way she jumped to so many conclusions. All because she failed to ask a few simple questions and, in the end, allow someone to explain.
The big question she should have asked right away when the ex boyfriend, Patrick, showed up should have been why he came back. Asking just a few questions and not being so immediately judgmental would have saved her a lot of grief and not almost destroy her budding relationship with Ben. It didn't make sense that she wouldn't ask Patrick why he returned, right away, given the history between them.
The most irritating scenes were when Patrick first appeared just as Ben was making his way to her. Her eyes are on Ben as he approaches but then Patrick comes up behind her. She turns and gives Patrick a very warm romantic hug and ignores Ben who then turns and leaves. Considering how Patrick had broken her heart by leaving her for a job in Chicago a year earlier, it would only make sense that she find out why he came back before showing so much affection. She even admitted earlier to her friend/employee that nothing has changed between them, that he lives in Chicago and she lives here. So why not find out what if anything has changed before even thinking about showing so much affection? She should have held her emotions in check until she found out exactly why he had returned, thereby avoiding further heartbreak.
She had the perfect opportunity later that night shortly after Patrick showed up and they were talking in the restaurant. They seemed to be talking about everything that had gone on since he left, so why not ask why he came back to town? It just seemed to me to be the logical thing to do before getting too emotionally involved with him again.
She then, while dancing with Ben on the beach, almost kisses him but is interrupted by her cellphone ringing. She then goes and has dinner with Patrick and when Patrick brings her home they kiss passionately; doing so without knowing his intentions and if anything has changed. He gave a hint in saying "what if last year we made the biggest mistake of our lives", then said "....our chance to fix it". When he said "we" and "our", it should have been a clue to her that not all was as it seemed. If he had any kind of change of heart he would have said "I made the biggest..." and "...my chance to fix it".
She shows Patrick all this affection knowing she has feelings for Ben but still not knowing exactly why Patrick has returned and if he is going to stay. The next day, she tells Ben that she doesn't know "what I do or don't have anymore". If that's the case, why such displays of affection for Patrick? It just didn't make sense.
The next morning at the coffee shop, Ben asks her how dinner was. She says "it was good...very good". What was so good about it? She was obviously jumping to a conclusion without knowing all the facts.
Later she tells Ben that she vowed she would never treat people like they were disposable, but that's pretty much how she treated Ben throughout most of the movie; especially towards the end when presented with Ben's notes by her sister. She jumped to a conclusion again and refused to let Ben explain.
Her sister was just as bad so I guess the writers decided to make it a family trait. She was also way too meddling and kept pushing Patrick on her sister without knowing his intentions; going as far as defending him though knowing that he had deeply hurt her. She seemed little concerned about what her sister really wanted in life, assuming she knew what was best for her.