It's not quite the worst movie I've seen...it really isn't - but I'd be hard pushed to think of anything I've seen recently which comes close.
I can't fault any one thing, the story is OK, the writing fits, the cast, love 'em, location, nice, but put it together and, well, it just doesn't flow.
The sex scenes, such as they were, were dreadful (even in context) and seem forced in (no pun intended) and the editing seems to have been a bit hit and miss to the extent that I wonder if they lost some of the footage - or maybe had to re-shoot after losing an actor. That might also address why the story seemed to have gaps and why we didn't see enough character development.
On the cast, for me, best performance was Emmanuelle Chriqui, the character could have been so much more. Sam Huntington puts in a good performance too and takes the character well but doesn't get anywhere.
I'm left disappointed by the whole story. More could have been explored between Robyn and Carl, something deeper than at aborted quickie on a snowmobile, something more tender, something unfinished, we could have been left wondering what if.....? Instead we get that Carl would jump his ex literally minutes after rowing with his wife, nobody comes out of this 'clean', I can't find anyone to root for.
Sadly, this Canadian film even incorrectly name checks the Yamaha snowmobile as a 'Ski-Doo' - the latter being a brand name of the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Products.
I'm sorry to leave a largely negative review but if you are looking for funny or dramatic, look elsewhere.
I can't fault any one thing, the story is OK, the writing fits, the cast, love 'em, location, nice, but put it together and, well, it just doesn't flow.
The sex scenes, such as they were, were dreadful (even in context) and seem forced in (no pun intended) and the editing seems to have been a bit hit and miss to the extent that I wonder if they lost some of the footage - or maybe had to re-shoot after losing an actor. That might also address why the story seemed to have gaps and why we didn't see enough character development.
On the cast, for me, best performance was Emmanuelle Chriqui, the character could have been so much more. Sam Huntington puts in a good performance too and takes the character well but doesn't get anywhere.
I'm left disappointed by the whole story. More could have been explored between Robyn and Carl, something deeper than at aborted quickie on a snowmobile, something more tender, something unfinished, we could have been left wondering what if.....? Instead we get that Carl would jump his ex literally minutes after rowing with his wife, nobody comes out of this 'clean', I can't find anyone to root for.
Sadly, this Canadian film even incorrectly name checks the Yamaha snowmobile as a 'Ski-Doo' - the latter being a brand name of the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Products.
I'm sorry to leave a largely negative review but if you are looking for funny or dramatic, look elsewhere.