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

The interior of Eloise's Garden was actually a high-end lingerie shop in Vancouver. The filmmaker's redressed it as a flower shop.

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Goofs

Eloise chides her assistant for not cauterizing the roses. Roses are never cauterized. That would seal the stems so they would not be able to take up water. Roses in fact should be cut daily since the stems seal up naturally.

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Quotes

Burke: During your travels, it's important to always keep one thing in mind: when one thing ends, something else begins.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

"IO (This Time Around)"
Written by Jim Evens
Performed by Helen Stellar
Courtesy of Helen Stellar

User Reviews

why, oh, why did they throw their money on something this stupid (and stupid is an understatement for this)?!

I won't be long. This is by far one of the worst movies i've seen in a long long time, and I do get to end up with some crappy movies, but this... This was a torture all the way till the end which you can so easily predict in the first 5 minutes of the movie. No chemistry between two lead actors whatsoever, but even if it was, I think we are all sick and tired of Aniston playing the same role for the millionth time. Story is so dull, pathetic as a result of trying too hard to be touching, predictable... I just wasn't buying absolutely anything, I was just irritated. So don't watch this movie, you may as well slap yourself a few times, the effect will be the same, only less time will be spent...