Summary: Anna (Amy Adams) makes plans for her entire life and has decided to go to Ireland to propose to her longtime boyfriend while he's at a medical conference. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, she is forced to go to Dublin where her boyfriend is at by traveling with Declan (Matthew Goode). On their adventures, she slowly becomes captivated by him.
Review: Amy Adams makes the role with her personality, but the film was a bit stale overall. It didn't have many refreshing moments and was an overplayed cliche many times. The few moments that it did have were brief, and it was only touching at times despite being a "love story." It was hilarious in that it gets a bunch of cheap laughs though.
Further Question/Theme/Philosophy: Can someone just fall in love just like that? It seemed that Declan had all the tools that PUA's talk about: the no appeasement policy, the pre-selection with a photo of a former woman, and many other tiny details. Do we make too many plans in life? Is traditionalism leaving slowly and marriage is as important as the older generation thinks?
Power Rating (Out of 5): 3 I thought it was a decent film because I'm a sucker for romcoms that aren't a complete bore. This one might be borderline, but it redeems itself for me by having a foreign setting such as Ireland.
Favorite Quotes: Bride: May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you. Cheers!
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