I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Excellent, a Must See

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Somehow the filmmakers got lots of interesting and known but not quite star actors to show up. Everyone does a good job, particularly the actor playing Ira. Abby tends to thin whining. Real New York City locations (I live here).But nothing is believable ever. Abby would not last one week in her job, which is selling gym memberships. There is no reason for her and Ira to get married after just meeting. He seems pretty normal and she seems rather obviously really high maintenance. It is no Bogart and Bacall kind of deal.The film is sort of watchable minute to minute if you ignore the fact that none of it is justified in reality in any way, and never manages to cast the sort of spell a movie that isn't necessarily real but manages to establish a reality the viewer can go along with has to do.I often found it often pretty easy to predict what was going to happen before it actually did.Pretty much everyone in the film either is a $300 an hour therapist or going to a $300 an hour therapist every week. Ira's therapist parents seem to have never discussed anything with each other.Maybe if you see it for fee on PBS like I did it might be worth it to see Jon Hamm with longer non-Mad Man hair and clothes looking like a regular shmo in a small part.Overall, not really an indie. More of a superficial low budget conventional but subnormal movie.

I watched this movie because I saw Chris Messina in "The Giant, Mechanical Man" and liked him in that a lot. I liked this movie for lots of reasons. It's laugh-out-loud funny at many points. I love the whole exploration of the analyst/therapist community, and the penultimate scene in which all the analysts & therapists that you've seen throughout the movie come together. That was a hoot--so funny! I thought Chris Parnell and Jason Alexander were particularly good--really good--in their performances as therapists (probably the best thing I've seen both of them do outside of SNL and Seinfeld, respectively). Jason's line in that penultimate scene truly nails/identifies Ira's worries. I mourned and groaned over Ira's repeated failures to realize the treasure he's stumbled upon in Abby. Abby's honestly, openness, and care for everyone was really funny and well-written, but also personally refreshing, which rightly attracts--and ultimately makes insecure--Ira. Abby's point (on the day they meet) about marriage in today's world is a valid one--essentially, she says: "Since 50% of all marriages end in divorce, and we seem to really like each other, why not just get married and give it a go? I mean, we have just as great a chance as anyone else at succeeding at it, right? Why go through seven years of dating and the wasted energy of engagement and a big wedding? Let's just get married." Good point! I loved that the movie explored many typical pains of marriage in a good sampling of couples, especially in regard to faithfulness and unfaithfulness. The question of coping with a spouse's unfaithfulness (and the guilt and fear experienced by the one who's in the midst of unfaithfulness) is explored a good bit across the couples. Jennifer Westfeldt is stunning in her performance. It's so well done. Her character is so bright, without being fake, and so kind, that even though she's not a knockout in looks (though not ugly, certainly), her personality made you think, "This is the most beautiful woman ever!" Her character is a testament to the fact that sincerely caring about people can really make a difference (and even be transformative) in their lives. This is presented very humorously, but as the viewer, you also get the point. Also, Westfeldt does a masterful job in showing hurt and insecurity, especially in the scene where all the in-laws and they have gathered for the annual Halloween photo. The significant part I didn't like was the movie's conclusion--its final answer to the question, "What is the use of marriage?" Ugghhh. Wrong answer. How about, instead, the answer that the whole movie has built up: "Do like Abby: love and trust your spouse, and be kind and concerned for them"? How about, "Provide security for someone else by being committed to them no matter what"? This is the thing for which Ira and Abby both long throughout the movie--to have the other be committed to him/her no matter what. In Parnell's office, that's the great pain. Ira and Abby's conclusion about marriage at the end doesn't follow what the movie has more-aptly demonstrated, and leaves you saying, "Huh?" Their conclusion was so disappointing and empty.

I'll skip right over how annoying it is that the camera constantly found itself buried in Chris Messina's somewhat ugly face and trout-like lips, and I'll go straight into why this sort of movie is destroying America...The final conclusion of this movie was as such: Marriage doesn't work. Marriage is outdated. There is no such thing as a loyal, happy, honest, fulfilling marriage. And if you marry someone, you will never be truly happy, you'll never truly know your partner, and you may eventually end up broken, lonely, and miserable--especially if you remain married.Okay...so what team of neurotic, philandering, adulterous, marriage-hating atheists wrote this film? I hardly know where to start. Are we to believe that instead of having committed, balanced, reasonable relationships with mature and loyal partners, we are instead supposed to have fleeting, unstable, unreliable, worthless, sex-based relationships? Are we supposed to spend our precious time on earth living with neurotic, unbalanced people who do not love us? People who only waste our resources while utterly failing to be a consistent, permanent partners in our lives? If that's the case, why half-step into unstable semi-committed relationships? If there are no ethics and no decency to be considered, no repercussions for our actions--no fallacy to opening up our lives to unstable people who exploit us, then why not just invest every coin into hookers and blow? Because you can't have it both ways. Either you WORK for a balanced, healthy monogamous relationship with a person that you can trust and love--or you descend into a bottomless pit of sexual exploitation.Worse, you will commit this exploitation OVER AND OVER AGAIN, as you date and then discard multiple partners. I don't mean to preach, but this type of irresponsible behavior is EXACTLY why there are so many embittered, angry, distrusting people in the dating world. They have believed and therefore practiced the godless drivel preached in films like this one.Marriage is not evil. It has not "expired." The institution of marriage is not the problem, nor is it the reason why any particular marriage failed. Adultery is the problem. Lying is the problem. Dishonesty, stealing, rage, abuse, distrust, laziness, misuse of joint resources, IMMATURITY--these are the reasons that marriages fail! The institution of marriage has not become "bad" just because a lot of people are too selfish, envious, unfaithful and greedy to fulfill marriage vows properly.I dislike any film that is arrogant enough to judge the institution of marriage, and worse, gives such an imbalanced, deceptive and dishonest conclusion. It just sets people up to be selfish and stupid, while they attempt to make the rest of humanity their unwitting victims.

Nice.While not up to "Jessica Stein" (which remains one of the best NY romantic comedies ever) this is a smart, witty, and winsome romance.With a wonderful supporting cast and real thought in the filming this is definitely worth the viewing. Complaining that romantic movies are unrealistic is like complaining about the body count in action movies - either it's your cup of tea or it's not - this most definitely is our cup of tea. Abby and Ira are two unlikely soul mates - she dippy and soulful, he neurotic and unsure; after one day they decide to marry....Of course you know they'll have problems, and yes, the families, the therapists et al are there; but what separates this out from the herd is two things: firstly, it has modern taste, the filming and shape and arc of the film are much better than most, and secondly, a host of great performances that neatly skewer the comedy.We enjoyed it, it is not hugely memorable, but it is enjoyable, and on that alone is recommended.