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Why did I wait so long to watch this movie? Oh My Gosh, I will preface this post with I absolutely loved it!

This movie is about Margaret Tate, Editor in Chief at a major book publishing company, and her very scared assistant, Andrew Paxton. Margaret finds out she is going to be deported back to Canada for not taking the proper procedure in updating her Visa. And the only thing that can keep her in the US with her fabulous job (if I do say so myself) is getting married. She chooses Andrew and to make it look real, they go to Ryan’s home in Alaska where they are very surprised at how wonderful their weekend is.

This movie was very predictable, but I really liked it. And by the way he was laughing, I am pretty sure Michael liked it. It’s funny, it’s girly, it’s got love and marriage, and it’s got emotion. Yes, I cried during this movie (laugh all you want, I cry at almost every movie I watch and weekly at Grey’s Anatomy).

The characters in this movie are great. I am a huge fan of Sandra Bullock and I haven’t watched a Ryan Reynolds film that I haven’t liked! And Betty White, she’s proved herself. You don’t even have to say anything other than she is in the movie. Mary Steenburgen and Craig T. Nelson play Andrew’s parents in this movie. I haven’t seen Nelson since Coach. My mom LOVED that show!

I really don’t have any complaints about the movie. It had me laughing most of the time, at some times so hard I was almost crying. I suggest watching this movie, if you haven’t already. Even if you are a man!

I give this movie 5 popcorns!

I’m a sucker for cute teeny bopper movies and this one so fits the bill. Yes, it’s completely unrealistic, but it was super cute.

Things didn’t quite turn out the way Mike O’Donnell expected. He was the star of the basketball team, close to getting on Syracuse’s team, until his girlfriend gives him a stunner before a major game. Jump forward 18 years to Mike not getting a promotion, but he is getting a divorce. When he wakes up 17 again, he has a chance to become friends with his kids and prove to his wife they should still be together.

This movie is very cute and there were a couple of times when I laughed out loud. Zac Efron is a cutie and I had to tell myself he wasn’t younger than I am the whole time I watched it.

*SPOILER ALERT*
I don’t really have any complaints for this movie, other than the ending. I was glad Mike and Scar got back together, but it’s their sons big chance to show off his moves on the basketball court and they just walk out the door. I’m all about involved parents. No, I don’t mean stage parents, but as much as Mike loved basketball, you’d think he would want to watch his son get his chance.

I think the thing I liked best about the movie, and it wasn’t REALLY part of the movie was at the end when they were going through the credits. Everyone who had parts in the movie or was part of the writing or production, they pulled up their high school photo when their name whizzed by. Very cool idea. And you probably wouldn’t know them anyway if  you saw their “today” picture.

I give this movie 3 popcorns. It was cute, but I probably won’t watch it again and I definitely won’t be buying it.

I have been leery about watching this movie since it came out. I knew I wanted to watch it, but since I’m such a book nerd, I wanted to read the book first. I just looked at the review I did when I read this book and the first sentence was almost exactly the same

I only gave the book 3 bookmarks. It was just ok. I felt like I put quite a bit of pressure on it because I was so excited to read it and it just didn’t match up.

The movie on the other hand, I really liked. I think it was mainly because I could see the characters. I liked being able to see Phoebe grow up with her down syndrome. I think it helped me relate to her better. I also think that since it started in the 60s, it’s not a time I knew, it was nice to see it. I liked the visual of the hospital, the nurses, how people acted and dressed. It’s easier, for me, to watch those things then try to picture them in my mind.

The only thing that really stood out to me as missing from the movie was the emphasis the book put on Norah’s alcoholism. There was one point where David told her to drink another one, but that’s it. I thought the book hit on that really hard, but the movie let it slide.

It’s been a few months since I read the book, but I don’t remember Phoebe going to see Paul play in the book like they showed in the movie. I actually really liked that part. It showed a bond. They didn’t realize what it was at the time, but I thought it was a nice touch.

And yes, like ALL Lifetime movies, I shed a little tear. I even know what happened.

I give the movie 4 popcorns.

To see my book review on The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, click here.

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this movie because I loved the book series and sometimes it’s hard to live up to the books.

Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a Shopaholic. She grew up with thrifty parents who cared more about the longevity of a new pair of shoes than if they were the cute ones all of her classmates had. That ended up turning her into a monster.

She owes $9K in credit card bills and just lost her job. She doesn’t get the job she wanted at a fashion magazine, but does get an interview at a money magazine. Ironic? You betcha.

The movie is SUPER cute, but I’m kind of stuck on how I feel about it. If I wouldn’t have read the books, I think I would have loved it. But since I did read the books, I can’t decide if I liked it because it wasn’t verbatim from the books, or if I hated it for that reason.

There were similarities in the book and the movie. Like the scarf, the job, the crazy shopping, the names and of course the credit card frozen in the ice block in the freezer.

I wish that the movie would have  been based in Europe. In the book series, she doesn’t move to the US until the second book. I always imagined Rebecca having an accent, but in the movie, she’s American, so no accent.

If I would never have read the books, I would give this movie 4 popcorns. It’s a “straight from the book” chick flick. But since I’ve read the books and there were parts of the book that I wish would’ve been in the movie, I am giving it 3 popcorns.

Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is a man that most women want to date. He’s romantic and wants to spend time with you. He even makes you milkshakes. The problem with Peter, he doesn’t have any friends.

He and Zooey (Rashida Jones) get engaged, and he’s the happiest man in the world until he realizes, THERE IS NO ONE TO BE THE BEST MAN! He’s always devoted his life to his women, which hasn’t been a problem until now.

Now he has to find a best man. He goes to the gym, lets his mom hook him up but ends up meeting the “man of his dreams” at an open house for a famous actors house.

Sidney (Jason Segel) is the coolest man around. He’s chill, he has a sweet man cave, and he lets his dog poop everywhere and doesn’t clean it up (Ok, I was running out of things).

Peter and Sidney hit it off, but hit some major road bumps when the wedding gets closer.

The movie had some very cute one liners, but gave me MAJOR anxiety because it was soooo awkward. Paul Rudd’s character is very socially inept when it comes to hanging out with men. He’s great with the ladies, but is retarded when he has to carry on a conversation with a man. There’s a lot of stammering, stuttering and strange name calling.

The movie had a very cute ending, but didn’t make up for how strange I felt throughout it.

It had some funny points, but because of the awkwardness, I can only give it two popcorns.