Definitely, Maybe
February. 14,2008 PG-13When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
I love this movie so much
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Other than this one thing, it was a good story. While telling his story to his daughter Maya, Maya exclaims that "Summer" is a bitch because she published an article that could hurt her dad's career. But when Maya heard that "Emily" did something as despicable as cheating on her dad, she didn't think "Emily" was a bitch for that. Little girl has questionable morals already at the age of eleven.
A guy tells his daughter the story of "How I Met Your Mother", similar to Ted Mosby of HIMYM fame, in that The Mother is not "in the picture" any more and he ends up with another woman, whom he has loved for years, way before the daughter was born. There are differences, The Mother didn't die, they're just divorced and the woman he gets together with at the end is not quite like Robin Scherbatsky, as they were never actually a couple and were miles apart most of time. Also, the girl is pre-teen, unlike Mosby's teenagers, and The Dad is younger than Ted Mosby.But, it's the same general story, the same general "vibe" if you will, but compacted into one "long episode" (~6 HIMYM episodes). Humor is slightly different, but, again, similar.It actually starts very well, then slows down and is not funny or all that interesting by the end. It's pretty obvious who's The Mother and who's "The One" way before the "big reveal". Which is unfortunate, were it to deliver to the end, it would have been a great comedy.But, even as-is, it's an OK comedy, worth watching, especially if you have pre-teen kids in your life.
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Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is an ad exec about to get divorced. After a particularly in depth discussion about sex in her school, he is harassed by his daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) to talk about her mother. He finally relents but explains he's going to change the names and some of the facts. It becomes a story of "How He Met Her Mother" as he recounts past girlfriends Emily (Elizabeth Banks), April (Isla Fisher), and Summer (Rachel Weisz).It's a different kind of rom-com. There's the question of who the eventual girl in the equation is. The thing is all 3 ladies are absolutely charming actresses. So there isn't a bad choice in the bunch. It's more a cute device to keep interest in the story. Adam Brooks has written an unique rom-com. It also helps to have the charming Ryan Reynolds with the ever cute Abigail Breslin.