Funny Thing About Love

Maybe it gets better, but I turned it off 15 minutes in because the acting was SOOO bad. I love a good, clean, family-friendly movie, but can't watch movies that feel so unnaturally fake due to poor acting.

I didn't find anything particularly "funny" about this movie. To start with, from the way people behave: Samantha's family invites her ex-boyfriend to spend the holidays with them and nobody told her. Then he tries to win her back after breaking up with her years ago, without much apologize or reasons for breaking up in the first place. Kids kick an adult, nobody reacts, no apologize either. And don't get me started on the big boyfriend's reveal at the end...

The actors are equally bad, except from the little girl maybe. There is absolutely zero chemistry between the leads, whether it is between Samantha with her boyfriend or her ex-boyfriend. Pass!

With Thanksgiving being my favorite holiday and since it wasn't a vulgar movie, I've inflated my score. Plus it's a treat to see Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite.

The actual story was a cookie cutter Lifetime-style romcom where a woman represses feelings towards her ex and has to endure her current beau, who is a complete piece of work. All the while she is tackling with a decision on whether to sell her company and has pressure from her family to get back with her ex.

The three main characters (the esquire, Samantha, and the comedian) were bland as white bread. No discernible chemistry between them and it wasn't interesting to watch them. The first half of the movie felt too satirical and overdone.

The remaining cast provided some comic relief. Once the grandpa, father, and Heder's characters had their chance to do some one liners, things picked up a bit. The romantic parts of the movie are commonplace and forgettable, but otherwise the running gags (such as the grandpa's penchant for sweets, the dad deep frying a turkey, and Charlie's nerdy personality) made it a bearable film.

I adore both of these folks and they are two Instagram accounts I ALWAYS check out it's how I found this. I have all Brookes albums she's amazing - bringing awesome 70s singer /songwriter vibes today. I wish she'd be in more films as I also loved Banner 4th of July. And Jon I've adored since Napoleon I I'd Dynamite and Blades of Glory. He was in Brookes video for Get your boots on too check it out! Anyway my family EAGERLY preordered and thoroughly enjoyed this - all ages can enjoy it.

Do yourself a favor and skip this one. No idea where all these 10-star reviews are coming from. This is barely a movie yet somehow still manages to commit severe crimes against cinema.

A lot of these 10-star reviews are praising this film for being "clean". "Oh, it's so nice to have something clean to just put on in the background". Are you ok my friend? There are infinitely better things to put on for the whole family to watch. I feel sorry for anyone who's aunt or mother throws this on for the kids to watch while the Turkey is cooking. I am convinced that these 10-star reviews are either bots or humans that have never seen another movie.

This "movie" makes me want to skip Thanksgiving indefinitely.