Reviews

I get that the husband is a workaholic loser and so the wife needs some 'space' away from him. Enter Melissa Genie granting him 'unlimited' wishes. Wrong! So nonsensical since he now has the power to pretty much change the world i.e. Create a trillioni dollar foundations for every disease known to man! Maybe win some huge state lotteries and donate the cash??? He has a couple of final wishes, maybe use them for family health crisis, kid's education, money to guarantee the families financial future (especially since he is newly unemployed). Nope forget any such things all of us might well do. Why insure your kids education and family's health and security when you can use final wises to get a restaurant table and then to order a peanut butter sandwich when it is not on the menu? Worst writing ever! None of this is any sort of spoiler to the main story, wife/husband/kid and we all know how that will end in all the nice family comedies.

On its face this seems to be a nice bit of romcom. Piper moves to NYC for two months during which she 'must' discover and embark upon her proper career path. Her handsome neighbor Austin is a fine love interest if dare I say their was a speck of love interest shown on the screen prior to the final scenes of the film. They go from being neighbors to Piper doing illustrations for the kids book series Austin is seeking to have published.

Through 98% of he film the two never do as much as hold hands. Aside from trope smiles here and their there is only a working relationship with zero physical contact, no kissing just their work collaboration. Here is where the screen writers went off the rails. In a final scene, after book related obstacles are overcome, Piper and Austin admit they are in love and want to be together forever. But flash back to the preceding scene where Piper has not met her two month goal and we see Piper leaving her apartment with her luggage and heading to the airport. She later says 'I'm not good with good byes' as the reason she was leaving Austin forever without so much talking to him about it. Absurd! So, at this point their unspoken love is DOA because Piper's two month job plan had failed. Like, what about the option of staying in NYC with the love of your life? Maybe even discussing this with the 'love of your life.' Maybe Austin, knowing Piper's two month sub let is up would have discussed this with Piper since he is head over heels (unspoken) in love with her. Are we to believe love can not survive the expiration of a sublet:? Here the end of an eight weeks meant the end of love. To recap: For 98% of the film the two are 'silently' falling madly in love BUT there is zero on screen evidence of any romantic relationship. Then, when her sublet is up Piper is leaving without a word of discussion with Austin, the love of her ilfe. The screen writers toss two bones in the final scenes. Piper's career quest comes through and hence the two are permitted to now declare their love. Title should have been: Love DOA if the job hunt fails!

We all know bad endings but this one should win a bad endings award. Rachael has been hell bent on finding her birth mother so she could corner her and pose one searing question: why did you not love me? Jacob joins her journey and they do find her name and where she is living just a couple of hours drive. THEN Rachael reads her birth mom's diary and learns that she loved baby Racheal and would always love her despite the having to give her up for adoption. What could possibly go wrong here.

Rachael having read the diary decides there is NO REASON for her to drive the couple of hours and visit her birth mother who has declared in the diary her never ending love for Rachael.

Get it? When she believed her birth mother never loved her she had to meet her. When she now knows her birth mother always loved her she , like Rosanna Danna of SNL says, NEVER MIND!

No more reason to see/meet her birth mom.

I have read 'climber reviews' and agree their 'plan' from lacking in essential equipment to not tellinga anyone where they were going was nonsense. They don't tie themselves together so one or both should have died in their sleep rolling off the platform. No way she could survive a huge tallon vulcher attack hanging on a slim pole with no life line. No one mentions the red beacon and the fact that once take out it hould signal someonoe to ASAP replace it given it is like a functioning lighthouse. No mention that the beacon must be monitored. Battery is life and death and she's watching video! And no last scene of her near ly expired when she hears the whirring sounds of a rescue helecoptor. After all we invest in viewing and no rescue scene.

This film surprises most who have seen it BUT most miss the point. This is a great ANTI--romantic comedy! For starters the lead actor playing Antonio, is 30 years Olivia's senior. Also, Antonio looks his age and is no where near the silver fox Cary Grant type that might date such a young super start actress. We are left to suspend belief that the two can convince the press and public that they are dating. This aside, Olivia is in an awful relationship with a low life married man. For his part Antonio tells us 'I have not gone out on a date in like forever.' Unlike, most all romcoms here there is never any romance between Olivia and Antonio. What is the point of this movie? The movie shines in that it is all about FRIENDSHIP not romance. Where most romantic comedies end with true, happily ever love this movie is about a new, unexpected, enduring FRIENDSHIP. The 'subplot, is all about family which is a new and loving experience for Olivia and with a great supporting cast. They missed one and should have had Olivia, in disguise, attending a funeral with Antonio glancing in her direction. In the end Antonio has helped Olivia improve her life and he is overjoyed to be going out on a second date with the lovely owner of a nearby bicycle shop! This movie's 'happy ending' is not about finding true love and is all about a finding a new friendThis film surprises most who have seen it BUT most miss the point. This is a great ANTI--romantic comedy! For starters the lead actor playing Antonio, is THIRTY year Olivia's senior. Also, Antonio looks his age, he is no where near the silver fox Cary Grant type that might date such a young super start actress. We are left to suspend belief that the two can convince the press and public that they are dating. This aside, Olivia is in an awful relationship with a low life married man. For his part Antonio tells us 'I have not gone out on a date in like forever.' Unlike, most all romcoms here there is never any romance between Olivia and Antonio. What is the point of this movie? The movie shines in that is all about FRIENDSHIP not romance. Where most romantic comedies end with true, happily ever love this movie is about a new, unexpected, enduring FRIENDSHIP. The 'subplot, is all about family which is a new and loving experience for Olivia and with a great supporting cast. They missed one and should have had Olivia, in disguise, attending a funeral with Antonio glancing in her direction. In the end Antonio has helped Olivia improve her life and he is overjoyed to be going out on a second date with the lovely owner of a nearby bicycle shop! This movie's 'happy ending' is not about finding true love and is all about new friends!

First major complaint is that Jacque "... never gives Zoe a choice." Not so! Jacque's key conversation with Zoe occurs off screen BUT we know he is going to tell Zoe that he is an alien and also his reason for coming to Earth. Is Zoe's 'cure' permanent in which case she can choose to stay here on Earth or is it temporary? Zoe answers this when she tells her crazed parents "if my only option is cancer or life with Jacque I choose life." So we know her cure is temporary has been told by Jacque that it will be permanent only if she 'chooses' to leave with him. The dying race theme comes right out of The Last Mimzy. In that case a 'race' was saved by toy rabbit Mimzy simply collecting DNA. Here the alien race needs Zoe herself. This brings up Jacque's mention that on his planet Zoe will be a queen and she will repopulate his specie. Scary thought! Rest assured Zoe will not be a sex slave since Jacque assures her dad that on his planet Zoe will have everything she wants. Could be his scientists will harvest her eggs over many years etc Will use Zoe's eggs for next decades. When dad asks Jacque 'will you force her to leave? Writers made an awful mistake by having Jacque remain silent. He should have issued a resounding NO! The parents are off the chart and hard to watch but did note there was no indication that Jacque loved Zoe. That is for Zoe to decide which she has. Also, an alien is not expected to confess love as we do. If you fill in plot holes, make assumption and connect dots it sort of makes sense. Zoe and Jacque are in love, expressed on their terms, her cure is temporary so she must leave and she will not be a sex slave. As Zoe believes....be happy don't worry!!!

Should have been a 2hr movie so just viewed it as such and really liked Isle and the kid. Great final episode. Now to the huge plot hole. Isle says she 'ate' her husband in Italy. We know a situation may arise 'again' where she can not get back to her locked room. So, impossible for Josh to live with her since she admitted killing a 'loved one.' No sane dad would risk his daughter's life in this situation. Script should never have had her admit to killing her husband. Deal breaker plot hole. Josh was lucky this time that she had the two very evil men to snack on, taking one's head for a late night dinner.

Utter video jibberish, nonsense! We know frame one that either she will be 'hunted' of someone else will die. Zero talent and less the zero story. Why in the world are they all looking shocked or dazed when they supposedly wanted this to happen? Why did they want it to happen? How do they benefit? How does branding make one a family member when no magic of any kind is shown? You know the drill...says leader. Meaning every year they call the police to announce another suicide. You think the cops might not buy it AGAIN? Calling cops is more inept writing! Why does the leader put gloves on? Since they are counting on suicide not murder all he need do is put the gun on the table next to the knife. What good is a noose? Is he supposed to hold it in one hand and hang himself? In then end an utter waste of time.