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EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: * 1/2
If you consider the title of this rom-com, the least you`d
imagine it to be a slice of life. Sadly, despite a few funny moments, it`s far
from it.
Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric (Josh Duhamel), best friends of Peter (Hayes
MacArthur) and Allison (Christina Hendrick), can`t stand each other. Trouble
begins when Peter and Allison die in an accident and leave their infant child
Sophie in their joint custody and care.
Not wanting to give the child of their best friends away to social welfare, they
try burying their differences to raise the infant. But the double whammy of
their absolute incompatibility with each other and the inexperience of raising a
child would prove to be the greatest challenge of their life. Somewhere in
between, love will smile upon them.
The film begins shakily, and far from raising a laugh, actually seems
disjointed. However, once it gets going it becomes a comfortable ride, yet not a
ride that is unexpected anywhere or funny.
The chemistry between Heigl and Duhamel is decent, but it is the script that
lets them down. The film fails in its attempts to merge two sub-genres - that of
opposites repel then attract and bringing up a baby. There already have been
enough movies on both that there`s hardly anything original left to do here.
Yet, the film does have its few funny moments, mostly raised by the antics of
the baby Sophie, played delightfully by triplets, Alexis, Brynn and Brooke
Clagett. The triplets are the delightful casting coup of the film.
Katherine Heigl, who has emerged the latest rom-com girl after a string of
romantic films like "The Ugly Truth", "27 Dresses" and
"Knocked Up", plays her usual do-gooder, the Betty type girl from
Archies comics.
The other problem with the film is that it is at least half an hour too long for
the attention span of an average Indian viewer. In the end though, more than the
length, it is the banality of gags that have all been used before in other films
that truly does the film in.
Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Messer are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they’ll have to find some common ground while living under one roof.