Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Let's be realistic.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

This movie is an unexpected find. After reading some of the other reviews for this, mostly negative, I wondered what I might be getting myself into in watching it. In fact it is a charming romantic comedy. Yes this kind of thing has been done many times before, but that doesn't mean it can't succeed another time. And this one does succeed.The script is witty and light and the acting is just beautiful, especially Uma Thurman who absolutely sparkles as Emma, who thinks she knows all there is to know about romantic relationships and is about to be married to Richard, played by Colin Firth when Patrick, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan enters her life claiming that he is her husband, which leads to massive complications in Emma's life.Thurman and Morgan have excellent chemistry and are definitely believable together. And I really loved this movie and would highly recommend it to anybody who wants to see a good old fashioned romantic comedy set in modern day.

(Credit IMDb) When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge. Despite all of the talk about the re-shoots, and how bad this Rom-Com was, I still decided to check it out. I like Uma Thurman, so I thought why the hell not? What a big mistake I made. This movie is extremely superficial, and rather conceded. I don't care how beautiful a woman is. If she was the cause of my break-up, I don't think I'd ever be able to forgive her, let alone fall in love with her. It just felt very silly and contrived to me. There are no laughs, nor did I chuckle very much either. Uma Thurman is decent for the material she is given, but her character isn't all that sympathetic. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is one of the more underrated actors going today, but his character was slightly foolish. Colin Firth tries that English charm of his, to no avail. It's just a really dumb movie3.5/10

Even good actors can waste their talent in mediocre movies. There's nothing new here that hasn't already been done. The typical New York City backdrop with wall to wall happy music and phony characters no one can relate to in the real world. I'm not even a writer and I could slap together this plot every day. It's kind of like the movie you settle for when the one you really wanted to see is either sold or rented out or being shown at the wrong time. To me the real star is New York as presented via Hollywood style and to draw in tourists. But polished sets and happy music doesn't prevent you from getting bored, uninterested and hoping for a sudden power outage. Maybe it's time we give these movies a well-deserved break and try something really new and not just an update of the New York City skyline set to a romance comedy. Glad I waited for an on-line service to show it, even then I wanted to walk out.

Griffin Dunne's 'An Accidental Husband' hardly has anything new to offer. It's a typical Hollywwod romantic comedy (typically set in New York), and a very flawed one. The story is silly and it felt rushed and every single turn is predictable. The romance between Emma and Patrick is so poorly developed that it's sometimes hard to believe them as a real couple (that would last long together). One minute he's trying to win back his ex-fiancée who recently broke it off with him and the next he's all of a sudden in love with Emma. Ditto for Emma who only seems to have fallen for Patrick because he's less 'safe'. Pretty much all the characters are badly underdeveloped. The dialogues lack wit. The execution is average.What had attracted me to 'An Accidental Husband' was the unusual casting of Colin Firth, Uma Thurman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Generally, I tend to like romantic comedies with a refreshing cast (rather than seeing the same actors in the same kind of movie all the time). However, the actors are mostly let down by the poor writing. Ditto for the supporting cast.With a romance that is unbelievable, a story that lacks spark and jokes that fall flat, it's hard to make a rom-com work. That's the case with the 'The Accidental Husband'. Perhaps this movie was made by accident.