This was a cute movie premise - with her meeting all this guy's friends and family to get to know him. But it is completely unbelievable. Every person she talks to makes this guy sound like he is beyond perfect. The only thing missing in all these stories is his halo - he's too perfect. Then we cut to the flashback of him as a kid when his mother dies as he's making her a valentine and how he meets Carey, his first love. Did anyone else notice the awful casting of the child actors playing the adults? Their eye colors and features are completely off. Did the casting folks not look at Adrian Grenier or Kelly Thiebaud? The young James has dark brown eyes, the adult James has pale green eyes. The young Carey has deep blue eyes, the adult Carey has pale brown eyes.
I agree with other reviewers that the relationship with the rehab nurse and Carey is just wrong. He begins a relationship with her when she's vulnerable and injured. And how would he know the story of her relationship with James if she has no memories? Why would James tell him all those little details? And if James DID tell him all the details, how could he still start a relationship with her when she's discharged from the hospital knowing how devastated James will be? Talk about callous and unethical.
Then the end of the story: Mary is in love with James - because of stories others told her about him - not because she knows him personally. And how is he in love with her when he's only texted her a few times during the movie and he's not had any other interaction with her or anyone she knows? The ending would have been more believable if they met and went on a date. But her declaration of love to the bartender at the end is so awkward and over-the-top that I cringed watching it. Especially when James shows up and stands there listening to her cry and rant about his perfection. And finally within minutes of meeting her, James hands her the coveted valentine he made for his mother as a kid? What are his feelings for her based on? He doesn't know her or anything about her. It's too bad they both come off as more desperate than romantic.
I agree with other reviewers that the relationship with the rehab nurse and Carey is just wrong. He begins a relationship with her when she's vulnerable and injured. And how would he know the story of her relationship with James if she has no memories? Why would James tell him all those little details? And if James DID tell him all the details, how could he still start a relationship with her when she's discharged from the hospital knowing how devastated James will be? Talk about callous and unethical.
Then the end of the story: Mary is in love with James - because of stories others told her about him - not because she knows him personally. And how is he in love with her when he's only texted her a few times during the movie and he's not had any other interaction with her or anyone she knows? The ending would have been more believable if they met and went on a date. But her declaration of love to the bartender at the end is so awkward and over-the-top that I cringed watching it. Especially when James shows up and stands there listening to her cry and rant about his perfection. And finally within minutes of meeting her, James hands her the coveted valentine he made for his mother as a kid? What are his feelings for her based on? He doesn't know her or anything about her. It's too bad they both come off as more desperate than romantic.