In The Land Of Women Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Misleading promotion leads to nice surprise

This film has completely misleading promotion. I was expecting a tender love story between Carter Webb (Adam Brody) and Lucy Hardwicke (Kristen Stewart). The way the Trailer and posters have presented the film I was expecting a traditional age-gap romance.

However it's more about how the different women he meets during his stay with his Grandmother effect his life. It's far from a traditional love story. It's really a drama, and it was so much better than I expected. This film raises questions about if women and men can be friends without romantic undertones, and includes themes of forgiveness and living life fully.

Story starts with Carter being dumped by his famous girlfriend. So he decides to go to Michigan to live with his grandmother (this character seems a little miscast) and ends up becoming really close to the both the mother and daughter who live across the street.

It was moving, touching and I would highly recommend it. However do not rent the film expecting what I did. Don't hope for a traditional romance between Carter and Lucy. That is not what the story is about. It's a film about real people with many flaws and weaknesses.

Chick Flick

Not bad if you're aware this is a CHICK FLICK in capital letters (and I hate that term so you can imagine how strongly I feel about this label). You can tell because the male lead is good looking and has all the answers to his friends problems yet, gosh, can't find the right woman for himself.

It's ok til about halfway through when a decent mid-life crisis movie descends into cliche'd life-lessons & shmaltz and the ending is just plain patronizing. It's forgettable guff then, but I'll acknowledge you could do far worse.