Review of Love Happens (2009) by Carol B — 06 Mar 2010

Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Anniston, Dan Fogler, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer, John Carroll Lynch.

DIRECTED BY: BRANDON CAMP.

Widower (Eckhart) whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman (Aniston) who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.

I was settled in to watch what I thought was going to be a little funny drama romance comedy. Ended up being the opposite. It was actually a bit depressing. Most of the film is about grieving people and them coping with their loses. Jennifer and Aaron just didn't have the chemistry they needed to pull this movie off. Nor do I think it would have helped. Acting wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. Nothing special in this film. Although I did like John Carroll Lynch in this movie and thought his character's story was very sad. A few funny moments but nothing in this film will be memorable. I had to look at the DVD case to get the title of it cause I had forgotten it. So I guess that sums up this whole movie for me. Forgettable.