Annie is hard to really like, although you do kind of root for her. Her two children are barely any better off as far as the pain they carry. There is a mystical element to this story because Annie gets phantom messages on her phone from her dead husband. James has potential and lives up to it as the story goes on. Annie on the other hand carries her chip far too long.
Their initial meeting is a disaster as James irresponsibly backs into Annie destroying her day's livelihood. (Another reason not to like Annie is her stubborn refusal to accept the payment he offers which he totally owes her for the accident. In fact his liability should be far more.) Their second meeting is better with some decent banter between them.
A big subplot is Annie's relationship with her kids, especially her teenage daughter, Ella. Ella's character gets more development than the daughter does in a lot of stories like this. We see how Ella is dealing with her dad's loss.
There are some great lines. "None of the women you know actually eat." I can't say there is much chemistry between Martin and Smith, mostly because Martin keeps pulling back. Annie and James start to click and then Annie shuts it down. More than once. There is a hint of chemistry. It could have been there.
I like sappy. The climax/ending of this movie goes over the top of sappy. It almost seems manipulative.
I think I am overly generous with my rating. The movie was comfortable because I like both Martin and Smith. If two much less known actors had done this, I think I wouldn't have liked the movie hardly at all.
Their initial meeting is a disaster as James irresponsibly backs into Annie destroying her day's livelihood. (Another reason not to like Annie is her stubborn refusal to accept the payment he offers which he totally owes her for the accident. In fact his liability should be far more.) Their second meeting is better with some decent banter between them.
A big subplot is Annie's relationship with her kids, especially her teenage daughter, Ella. Ella's character gets more development than the daughter does in a lot of stories like this. We see how Ella is dealing with her dad's loss.
There are some great lines. "None of the women you know actually eat." I can't say there is much chemistry between Martin and Smith, mostly because Martin keeps pulling back. Annie and James start to click and then Annie shuts it down. More than once. There is a hint of chemistry. It could have been there.
I like sappy. The climax/ending of this movie goes over the top of sappy. It almost seems manipulative.
I think I am overly generous with my rating. The movie was comfortable because I like both Martin and Smith. If two much less known actors had done this, I think I wouldn't have liked the movie hardly at all.