A romance of a gentle, bittersweet, grownup variety that doesn’t pretend that every connection has to be a grand, sweeping, happily-ever-after thing. I’m “biast” (pro): love Ben Barnes…

I’m “biast” (con): …but haven’t been a fan of Katherine Heigl

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Ryan (Ben Barnes: Seventh Son) is a modern-day traveling hobo-slash-musician. (It might sound unlikely, but it works for him… and for the film.) Jackie (Katherine Heigl: New Year’s Eve) is a former country-music star going through a rough divorce. They do not fall in love. Or, well, maybe they do, a little bit, but that isn’t the point of the beautifully sketched friendship-plus that develops between them after a chance meeting throws them together in a way they both almost walk away from. The point is how they help each other find new...