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Love Happens (2009)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:17
Rotten:82
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Love Happens is a dull, chemistry-free affair that under-utilizes its appealing leads.
Theatrical Release: Sep 18, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $22.9M
Synopsis: A romantic drama about a widower (Eckhart) whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to... [More]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch
Director: Brandon Camp
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While there is no doubting the appeal of Eckhart and Aniston as a screen couple, their scenes together come over as decidedly slight when compared to the weightier issues raised by the movie as a whole.
Feb 24, 2010
It's awful.
Feb 24, 2010
This very underwhelming rom-com spends far too much time on the not-so-interesting theories of the hypocritical self-help hero.
Feb 24, 2010
Not content with being a romcom that’s trite and shallow about love, it’s gone one step further — it’s trite and shallow about death, too.
Oct 16, 2009
Both stars seem bemused in their parts and it is left to Martin Sheen and a pet parrot to emote. The parrot, in fact, is the best thing here.
Oct 16, 2009
The film is sentimental and deeply embarrassing... There isn't a laugh or an honest emotion in the whole picture.
Oct 15, 2009
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Oct 13, 2009
Love Happens is more about catharsis than chemistry. It's not a terrible film, but like skydiving lessons, you'd better know what you're getting into beforehand.
Oct 11, 2009
Gooey, banal and manipulative rom-com-dram.
Oct 10, 2009
Falls between romance and drama without really satisfying either.
Oct 9, 2009
The sorrowing widower is a great subject for film romance; but the point is to let the girl have a proper crack at cheering him up. And, as always with love, a GSOH would help.
Oct 9, 2009
As a romance story, Love Happens is nothing special, with the spark between Eckhart and Aniston almost non-existent. But as a drama about grief, it's much more interesting, though the blend of both does not always sit easily.
Oct 9, 2009
Lovers of therapy-speak with its "closures" and "I'm in a good/bad place" will probably warm to this film.
Oct 9, 2009
Everyone is trying to re-invent the rom-com at the moment and the makers of Love Happens are no exceptions. The formula they’ve come up with is to remove all the comedy, which is a bold choice.
Oct 9, 2009
How can we, as a species, tolerate Jennifer Aniston with her blurry expression of emotional bravery?
Oct 9, 2009
It’s not a comedy. It certainly isn’t funny.
Oct 9, 2009
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