just watch it!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

I saw the trailer online somewhere and thought it looked like the kind of movie I was in the mood for, but didn't expect much because...Heather Locklear? Well, it was even worse than I expected. First of all, turns out the trailer was not even accurate. It shows Heather with a guy who is never even in the movie (I guess I liked that scene, as it must have been what made me want to see it).Oh my, this was bad. It's hard for me to write this fast enough before forgetting it – it was that forgettable. I'm trying to decide between giving it a 2 and a 3. Was this a family movie? An after-school special? Then okay, maybe? On second thought, I'm not even sure it was a portrayal of good family values.TV-caliber acting with a less-than-TV-caliber production and script. Heather was sunny and upbeat, but this is just not good acting. (In fact, maybe she should have been less sunny and upbeat, in keeping with the pathetic personality of her character.) Hilary Duff (as Holly) seemed to be the only one with any real acting experience.Too unrealistic to be believable. Where do I start? The mother is so pathetic she has to leave the whole town over every breakup? With no regard for her children's stability? I could see if it was some small town where she grew up and knew everybody, but she obviously just moved there. Clearly not ready for a relationship (buuut, never fear – she quickly gets a strong sense of self at the last minute), let alone deserving of the perfect man.So desperate is this woman that she goes out with just about anybody, and will consider any marriage proposal. Even her teenage daughter knows they're all idiots. When Mom has a date with Lenny from her work, he botches the date at every turn, yet when daughter Holly seems to question her judgement, Mom says "I had a pretty good time!" It was also not accurate in its portrayal of Brooklyn teens. Or any teens, for that matter. We are expected to believe that the new girl in town walks into a tough city school and is instantly accepted, and that, during this most vulnerable time of her life, she breezes through yet another major life upheaval with no signs of stress or period of adjustment.However, Holly has had enough, so instead of rebelling like a normal kid, she sets out to fix everything. And if there was ever any doubt about the ending, you knew it for sure by now.Other than that, mostly it's just her mother embarrassing herself, Lenny being embarrassing, and the "perfect man" making a super nice doormat. Then the pace slows down even further with the instant-messaging scene. The one decent scene was in Ben's apartment when Holly claimed she needed some fatherly advice.More sitcom than romcom, only more ridiculous, with more-contrived situations and flimsier explanations. Oh, and without the comedy. At one point, when the daughter is trying to scam this perfect man to get some info out of him, she starts out by pretending she's asking for a research paper/project, but then basically tells him that her research paper is into Patsy Cline? They don't even bother to cover this up.We are more than misled to believe the Amber character is standing in the way of Holly's mother's happiness. Hooking her up with Ben is simply out of the question, since he is already with this Amber. Yet during the wedding ceremony, THEN it was a possibility?? The friend knows this girl is desperate to hook her mother up with the perfect man, yet she never mentions that her uncle is completely available? Serious water damage to a generous friend's business, and ruining someone's wedding? Because why? Because her mother and this guy both do crossword puzzles with a pen, and both like the same lame song? But even if it had been Ben that was getting hitched, why would you? Holly has never met this Amber she thinks he is marrying. How does she know Amber was not MORE of a perfect match for him? (BTW, as yet another example of how unlike real people these characters behave, nobody took the fire alarm seriously, seemingly trying more to escape the sprinklers than the fire, as they made their way – giggling – to the exit.) And what, do you suppose, are the odds of Holly arriving exactly at the moment when the minister asks if anyone has any objections to the marriage? Oh that's not an overused device. I should deduct a whole star right there.Seemingly written by a teenager (only one who is out of touch with his own kind), this film had no good characters or character development, no big laughs, no warm fuzzies, no insightful life lessons, no snappy dialogue, no plausibility, no surprises, no originality, and no shortage of plot holes. I had no anticipation whatsoever for these two people to get together. Not worth the time it took to write this, but I think people need to be warned.

I don't know whether this is just because I'm hungover and therefore less patient than usual but I couldn't stomach any of the characters in this film.The mother is so selfish: I mean using the school discussion to try and get dates, really?! Holly is completely unlikeable, I mean does the best friend ever get to speak unless it's to do with Holly's selfish plan. Don't even get my started on the younger sister. The entire family annoyed me.A positive note I did like the supporting characters, like the boyfriend and the waiter for a bit of comic relief.I just was disappointed so much by the mother the entire time with her 'If I can't find a man I have to move attitude' that I couldn't be happy for her.Anyway I'm ranting, but I wouldn't recommend this film anymore. Not even Duff fans. I mean I love Chris Noth and even he couldn't save it.

This movie is really cute. It's cute for what it is, and the mother-daughter relationship makes it a good movie adults can watch and enjoy as well as teenagers. As with most romantic comedies, it's a bit far fetched, but thats's what makes it fun. I would not have paid to see this in theatres, I probably wouldn't even have paid a few bucks to watch it on demand, but it was on cable this morning, so I put it on, and I was happy with the results. It's not a movie that made me laugh out loud, or inspire any deep emotion, but it was cute, and I wasn't bored. It makes you feel good, and it makes you smile. The reason I bothered to write a review however is because I have a BIG complaint. If you're going to make a movie about a city where people have a certain way of speaking, make sure your actors know how to speak that way. This movie takes place in Brooklyn, and half the actors sound like they're from the Sopranos, the other half just sound like they're trying really hard to sound like the cast of the Jersey Shore, or some other show about Jersey. I grew up in Brooklyn and I don't speak like that, nor do any of the people I grew up with. It's ridiculous and it makes viewers who don't know any better think that people from Brooklyn talk like Jersey Shore trash. It's just so completely not what people from Brooklyn sound like, and it's insulting!

Well it was better than Material Girls but didn't compare to A Cinderella Story or Raise Your Voice.Me personally i like a little bit of drama in a movie... a character dies (the more important to the story line the better) they lose everything etc... therefore i enjoyed the fact she was new at the school and was so messed in the head after the mums failed relationships that she wanted to run away.umm to be honest i didn't like the hair styles Hilary was wearing. it made her look plain and boring...The story line was good... the acting was good ( a few cheesy lines not even Denzel could make believable) the drawing was wicked! Overall its worth a watch :) xSx87x