Not content with being a romcom that’s trite and shallow about love, it’s gone one step further — it’s trite and shallow about death, too.
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10/16/09
Love Happens (2009)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:16
Rotten:77
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Love Happens is a dull, chemistry-free affair that under-utilizes its appealing leads.
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $22,927,390
Synopsis: Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston star in the romantic drama Love Happens. When a self-help author arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets the one person who might... [More]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer
Director: Brandon Camp
Reviews for Love Happens
Both stars seem bemused in their parts and it is left to Martin Sheen and a pet parrot to emote. The parrot, in fact, is the best thing here.
10/16/09
The film is sentimental and deeply embarrassing... There isn't a laugh or an honest emotion in the whole picture.
10/15/09
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10/13/09
Love Happens is more about catharsis than chemistry. It's not a terrible film, but like skydiving lessons, you'd better know what you're getting into beforehand.
10/11/09
Gooey, banal and manipulative rom-com-dram.
10/10/09
Falls between romance and drama without really satisfying either.
10/09/09
Top CriticThe sorrowing widower is a great subject for film romance; but the point is to let the girl have a proper crack at cheering him up. And, as always with love, a GSOH would help.
10/09/09
As a romance story, Love Happens is nothing special, with the spark between Eckhart and Aniston almost non-existent. But as a drama about grief, it's much more interesting, though the blend of both does not always sit easily.
10/09/09
Lovers of therapy-speak with its "closures" and "I'm in a good/bad place" will probably warm to this film.
10/09/09
Everyone is trying to re-invent the rom-com at the moment and the makers of Love Happens are no exceptions. The formula they’ve come up with is to remove all the comedy, which is a bold choice.
10/09/09
Top CriticHow can we, as a species, tolerate Jennifer Aniston with her blurry expression of emotional bravery?
10/09/09
Top CriticIt’s not a comedy. It certainly isn’t funny.
10/09/09
A glossy, meandering wallow of a film with personable stars and predictable storylines. Blandly forgettable even with Aniston at her most winsome.
10/09/09
It's quickly evident that Love Happens hasn't struck the chord it was hoping for.
10/09/09
It's a movie that suffers because it offers a glimpse at a far more interesting premise, but elects to stick to rom-com tradition. Ultimately, love does happen, and for Aniston fans that'll no doubt suffice.
10/09/09
In Jennifer Aniston's latest feeble romantic drama, almost nothing happens. Certainly not love or, indeed, much in the way of excitement.
10/09/09
What a title. Not that this crybaby romantic drama deserves much better.
10/09/09
I will hold up my hands and admit I find Jen pleasant enough to watch, even at the worst of times. But this film IS the worst of times. And even diehard romance fans will find their patience challenged by the end credits.
10/09/09
Anyone expecting the Jennifer Aniston romcom that the posters and trailer seem to promise is going to be bitterly disappointed.
10/08/09
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