This movie was good...and that's about it. There was nothing great or terrible about it, it was just a solid movie. It may have been helped a bit by Alec Baldwin's awesomeness.
Jane (Meryl Streep) is a 60 year old divorce woman who has come to terms, and has a picture perfect relationship with her ex, Jake (Baldwin). She's coming to grips with her youngest child leaving the house for college and the expansion of her business and home. While attending their middle child's graduation, Jane and Jake start drinking and that all leads to a night in bed that gives them the opposite reactions. This tryst continues throughout the next few weeks, all the while, Jane's architect Adam (Steve Martin), who is freshly divorced himself, tries to woo her in the casually nice way that he is. Oh yeah, let's not forget, Jake is now married to a woman who is half his age. Let the romantic comedy begin.
You can just look at director Nancy Meyers' resume on the poster and you will be able to tell what type of movie this is and who its core audience is. John Krasinski was alright in this, if not underused. But the real scene stealer was Baldwin, despite being part Jack Donaghy, his "30 Rock" character. This movie is a good movie. No more, no less.
Jane (Meryl Streep) is a 60 year old divorce woman who has come to terms, and has a picture perfect relationship with her ex, Jake (Baldwin). She's coming to grips with her youngest child leaving the house for college and the expansion of her business and home. While attending their middle child's graduation, Jane and Jake start drinking and that all leads to a night in bed that gives them the opposite reactions. This tryst continues throughout the next few weeks, all the while, Jane's architect Adam (Steve Martin), who is freshly divorced himself, tries to woo her in the casually nice way that he is. Oh yeah, let's not forget, Jake is now married to a woman who is half his age. Let the romantic comedy begin.
You can just look at director Nancy Meyers' resume on the poster and you will be able to tell what type of movie this is and who its core audience is. John Krasinski was alright in this, if not underused. But the real scene stealer was Baldwin, despite being part Jack Donaghy, his "30 Rock" character. This movie is a good movie. No more, no less.
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