To me, this movie is perfection.

Just perfect...

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Emily Friehl (Amanda Peet) has sex with Oliver Martin (Ashton Kutcher) on a flight but refuses to fall for his awkward flirtations. He vows to be rich and successful in 6 years and they bet $50 on it. Three years later, her boyfriend breaks up with her right before New Year. She decides to call up Oliver. They have a charming time but he's moving to San Francisco. Two years later, he gets dumped and she runs into an old friend who is now dating her old boyfriend. They spend some more great time together but she has just met somebody else before and his internet diaper idea is on the verge of a breakthrough. One year later, his work is in the dumps and she's a celebrated photographer but she's engaged.Sure, this is a copy of other great rom-coms. That has never irked me especially for the rom-com genre which relies a lot on formulas. The fact that it follows some familiar paths is a plus. Amanda Peet is adorable and is able to bring out some of the charm of Kutcher. That's the real deciding factor. They're a fun couple with a touching on-and-off romance. I would probably rework the years idea. I would start with "Six years ago", then "Three years ago", then "One year ago", then "Today". It would make the years countdown like a clock in a thriller and the saddest moment is when the clock gets to zero.

I've seen this one a couple of times now, because there seems to be something genuine to it, even if it is basically quite simplistic. Kutcher didn't really convince me as much as he did before this time around, and some interactions between the two were just too childish, let alone funny.Still, I don't want to bash this one too much, because any romantic film that makes me want to try it again (and again) deserves a little credit, at the least. And I can't get enough of watching Amanda Peet on the (big) screen...The story is quite simple, their relationship isn't supposed to be as much, but... one can easily guess where all of this will be going, but this mix of lightheartedness and a fair sense of reality might be just about worthwhile to you. It was to me.I'll leave it at 6 out of 10 this time around.

8 Stars? Really? Hell yes! This highly underrated movie is top of its genre, an example of how it should be done.The plot is fairly standard but deviates just enough to avoid being formulaic. From a few minutes in you can tell the movie is going to run through a series of time lapses, but rather than being a negative point it adds a sense of anticipation.The chemistry between the two leads is electrifying. Ashton is as likable as ever and Amanda Peet is adorable.My preferred taste of movie is along the lines of 'Appoclypse Now' but this had me laughing and emoting all the way.Amanda has the amazing ability to simultaneously look like the most beautiful woman alive and a badly made Jerry Henderson puppet. I think if this film had got half the credit it deserves we would be seeing an awful lot more of her.If you hate chick-flicks but have to sit through one with the Mrs this is more than bearable.

Like my summary suggests, this IS after all an Ashton Kutcher vehicle, a 30-something who plays 20-somethings who act like 10-somethings, specifically, how 40-something Hollywood wannabe players imagine how 15 year olds act. Everyone responsible for this slow-paced and emotionally shallow POS deserves to watch it a second time to get the full import of how awful their product is, how low they sunk to make a buck from the summer teen movie crowd. It's an hour and half of my life I'll never get back. Okay, you get it, I hated it. Bad scripting and masturbatory mugging designed to cater to forever-young 20 somethings are just carried too far. The script and directing are supposed to show us that even Califormia scene and emo twinks suffer from existential angst beneath the tans, the bitchy gangsta rap vocal tones and the endless sex that, not surprising, is somewhat bereft of passion (but so is the rest of this movie). The result, however, is so bad that even the usually pert and animated Amanda Peet comes across as unsympathetic, weird and just plain irritating. That's like making Sophia Loren ugly: theoretically possible, but you've got to work at it. Don't waste your time, even for a freebie TV viewing. Anyone over 14 and not emotionally stunted will be insulted by this film. I gave it a 2 because there's one good scene, with Amanda Peet of course, who for a moment gives a hint of the physical style of acting she is good at (in other films).