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There's nothing better than a great romance... to ruin a perfectly good friendship. Read more

Starring Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Ali Larter, Jeremy Sisto
Director Nigel Cole
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy

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A Lot Like Love

There's nothing better than a great romance... to ruin a perfectly good friendship.

Starring Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Ali Larter, Jeremy Sisto, Kal Penn
Director Nigel Cole
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Collections 100 Rom-Coms
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy
Language English, English Audio Description
Dubbed Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Released DVD: 24 Oct 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • Dim-witted romantic comedy that has the charm of regurgitated fast food; this is When Harry Met Sally for the immature.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • Amanda Peet's vitality is the movie's driving force

    • USA Today
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 174 out of 228 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    A must for all Rom-Com fans

    I hadn't heard of this movie so wasn't expecting much. But I found it thoroughly enjoyable, despite a somewhat cheesy 'twist' ending.

    The film kicks off with an unlikely (for me, more's the pity) mile-high one-night stand between two complete strangers.

    At this point, he plays a drifter of few words (but some entrepreneurial ambitions) and she plays a sassy girl at the end of what one imagines was a rebellious teenage period.

    Except that he doesn't want to remain a stranger and, despite his lack of gumption, the relationship resumes 3 years later when she picks up the phone on a rebound. By this point our hero has started a dot com business (in an unlikely field), and our heroine is a failing actress.

    Nothing serious happens, tho these two see each other every year or two. Over this period his business grows dramatically (if unplausibly), leaving him with little interest in his social or family side. Meanwhile she finds her vocation and turns into a successful 'almost 30 something' artist, surrounded by forgettable 'smug married' friends procreating happily.

    Until year 7, when we get the obligatory rom-com ending. This bit let it down for me but there were enough laughs along the way for me to finish the film with a big smile on my face.

    No standout acting performances tho both Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher were well cast and didn't put a foot wrong.

    If you like rom-coms I would definitely recommend this. Not as original as Hitch or Notting Hill but there is much more to relate to for the rest of us.

    • wreeve
      • wreeve from London NW3
      • Posted 30 Aug 2005 08:41

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    A lot like a lot of other love stories.

    I can't imagine having ordered this film. It's not my age group. Maybe I pressed the wrong button. However, having received it, I watched it.

    If you're under 30, and just falling in love, or out of it, or just been dumped, you may like this gentle, amusing romance. The two young actors who play the star-crossed lovers are very watchable. But nothing much happens.The couple get together, then go their separate ways several times before the ending and I won't spoilt it by saying it's happy or sad.Good for a girlie night in with a bottle of plonk, I'd say.

      • granita from Farnham
      • Posted 02 Jan 2006 21:30

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