Oh What a Romance!!

Over the weekend I went to see “Life as We Know It” staring Katherine Heigl (Holly) and Josh Duhamel (Messer). The movie is based on two opposite personalities that are merged together through a tragic event. After this tragic event they are expected to work together to raise their friend’s one-year-old daughter. The movie begins with a blind date between these polar opposites, Holly and Messer, set up by mutual friends. She prepares for the date by getting all dulled up, however, Messer, like his name is late with a grungy appearance and disorganized. They attempt to leave her apartment to go to dinner, however, Messer only owns a motorcycle to take her out, doesn’t make reservations, and makes a booty call while he is with Holly. Ultimately, this date fails because they can’t relate to each together what so ever. This allows the film to begin on a humorous note. As the film progresses, a tragic event occurs where Holly and Messer’s mutual friends all of sudden die in a car crash. They leave behind their one-year-old daughter, Sophie in the hands of the polar opposites. Holly and Messer are forced to drastically change their lives to surround Sophie with a proper upbringing. Throughout the movie, you can see their love for Sophie grow and each other. Ultimately by the end of the movie, through all the hard times they end up in love and as a true family just how their friends had intended them to. Even know this film is predictable, I still enjoyed it because it was heart wrenching and a definite chick flick. I guess the added humor with the twisted romance appealed to me as a viewer. There were even parts that I began crying. In addition, I am a sucker for little kids. The baby, Sophie, in the film was absolutely adorable. How could someone not love something so CUTE? In the end, I guess one can come to the conclusion that opposites really do attract. Holly and Messer led very different lives, but ultimately the undeniable attraction couldn’t be ignored. Their lives began to rotate around each other by truly caring about each other. This film’s themes are comedy and drama. I feel like the writer and director did a good job of fitting the story line and acting to parallel to these themes. There were many funny things throughout the movie you could get a giggle at making it a comedy, but at the same time you could cry from the emotional drama. Ultimately, I really liked this movie and recommend for all the chicks out there.