Definitely, Maybe (2008)

A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.

Director:

Adam Brooks

Writer:

Adam Brooks

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Reynolds	...	Will Hayes
An Nguyen	...	Ad Exec
Matthew Mason	...	Headphone Guy
Rick Derby	...	Visitor from Planet Ordon (as Ricky Jay Derby)
Sakina Jaffrey	...	School Mom
Bob Wiltfong	...	School Dad
Ryder Chasin	...	Boy with Book
Fiona Lane	...	Angry Girl
Dana Eskelson	...	Angry Girl's Mom
Blake Benitez	...	School Kid
Paulina Gerzon	...	School Kid
Victoria Goldsmith	...	School Kid
Ashtyn Greenstein	...	School Kid
Ashley Grenier	...	School Kid
Dylan Hartigan	...	School Kid

Storyline

Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime ...

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Plot Keywords:

daughter | divorce | new york city | father | storytelling | 

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Taglines:

Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, including some frank dialogue, language and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Universal Pictures [Japan]

Country:

UK France Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Definitely, Maybe

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£698,041 (United Kingdom), 10 February 2008, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,472,255, 17 February 2008, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$31,973,840, 6 April 2008

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Directors commentary, director Adam Brooks stated that Robert De Niro stayed in the building behind the rooftop where April and Will were practicing proposing.

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Goofs

Everything we see of the events that happened in the early 1990s (his first contacts with Emily, April, and Summer) is Will's recollection of how things happened. Since Will is retelling the tales of events that happened many years previously, how the events played out and any anachronisms (e.g. what people were wearing) is subject to the fallibilities of human memory.

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Quotes

Will Hayes: Fine, I'm gonna tell you the story, but I'm not telling you who your mom is.
Maya Hayes: Fine!
Will Hayes: You're just gonna have to figure it out for yourself.
Maya Hayes: Good!
Will Hayes: And I'm changing all of the names, and some of the facts. I just decided that right now. Then we'll see how smart you are.
Maya Hayes: It like it, it's like a love story mystery.

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Connections

Features 101 Dalmatians (1961)

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Soundtracks

Mannish Boy
(1955)
Written by Melvin London, Bo Diddley (as Ellas Mcdaniels), and Muddy Waters (as Mckinley Morganfield)
Performed by Muddy Waters
Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited

User Reviews

A nice romantic movie for the nostalgic viewer

As usual with romantic comedies, don't believe much of the negative critique you read about this movie. The move is very entertaining, very romantic, and will play on your nostalgic side if you have one. If you're a 20 something that has been in and out of some significant relationships, this will hit close to home, in a positive way. I wouldn't suggest this movie for a first date because it's not quite light-hearted and happy enough. Watch this one on a second or third date OR watch it with someone you've known for a while who you are about to reveal your feelings to. I promise you - it'll set you up nicely...