Love Happens (2009)

A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.

Director:

Brandon Camp

Writers:

Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson

Stars:

Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Eckhart	...	Burke
Jennifer Aniston	...	Eloise
Dan Fogler	...	Lane
John Carroll Lynch	...	Walter
Martin Sheen	...	Burke's Father-in-Law
Judy Greer	...	Marty
Frances Conroy	...	Eloise's Mom
Joe Anderson	...	Tyler
Sasha Alexander	...	Photographer
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Cab Driver
Anne Marie DeLuise	...	Unicom Executive
Tyler McClendon	...	Unicom Executive
Panou	...	Unicom Executive
Michael Kopsa	...	Unicom CEO
Michelle Harrison	...	Cynthia

Storyline

Burke is a motivational speaker whose book about dealing with grief is a best seller. His wife died in a car accident three years ago. He's in Seattle to lead a week-long workshop on healing and to negotiate a major multi-media deal. But something's amiss: he's a closet drinker, he won't ride elevators, his moods swing, he's estranged from his wife's father, and he's very much alone. In a hotel hallway, he bumps into a woman arranging flowers, tries to chat with her, and gets the brush-off. She's Eloise, a local florist who's just broken up with a boyfriend. He's persistent and they eventually go to dinner - it goes badly. What's blocking Burke? Can the physician heal himself.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | florist | car accident | motivational speaker | seminar | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes when you least expect it...

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language including sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl] Universal Pictures [us]

Country:

USA Canada UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Traveling

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£559,724 (UK) (9 October 2009)

Gross:

$22,927,390 (USA) (30 October 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Stuber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Unicom" appears to be a combination of the names "Universal" and "Viacom".

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Goofs

Burke probably wouldn't have been able to find "poppysmic" in a dictionary because it isn't typically recognized as a real word in most dictionaries or spell-checkers. The only writer in English known to have used the word was James Joyce, in a stage direction in Ulysses: "FLORRY WHISPERS TO HER. WHISPERING LOVEWORDS MURMUR, LIPLAPPING LOUDLY, POPPYSMIC PLOPSLOP."

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Quotes

Eloise: Can I say something? And, and this comes from a place of total humility. With the acknowledgment that my life is a day-by-day experiment in... really bad decisions. But, er... you're really messed up.

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Connections

Featured in Richard Roeper & the Movies: The Worst of 2009 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Acidtar Bollyhop"
Written by Curt Sobel, Gary Schreiner
Performed by Curt Sobel and Gary Schreiner
Courtesy of Palisades Music Productions

User Reviews

A corny movie, but touching and sweet

This one was a little different than I thought. It had a decent story and I was pleasantly surprised. I found it a little slow at times; it had it's good and bad parts.It's a movie of healing for lost loved ones in your life and it walks you through the paces of grief.Jennifer Aniston is magical.it was more about grieving and getting over the death of a loved one then it was about love. Aaron Eckhart was the perfect match for Aniston in this movie there was this huge chemistry between them love it. Brandon Camp's directing was OK but the story could have been better though.Watch it together or alone there is no difference but watch it for sure!