The minute I saw the trailer for this film I knew the ending, but then again after watching any trailer for a chick flick, you usually know what's going to happen.. However, many chick flicks are still made and many people, both men and women still go see them. The outcome is always the same, it's the getting to it which makes the films different and this film is different.
Abby Richter is the producer of a morning TV show, with a disastrous love-life. Neurotic and controlling, she lives alone and has a hard time finding boyfriends. The network just hired Mike Alexander, a sexist TV host that presents a morning show about men, women and relationships. They immediately don't like each other, so they make a deal: he'll help her getting a boyfriend. If he fails, she can fire him; but if he doesn't, they'll have to work together.
This film is for both men and women. On one side you have the woman who is desperate to find love and then you have the typical man who only cares about one thing ... sex! Put them together and you get an incredibly funny movie. The humour is a mix of witty one liners and cringe worthy moments.
Katherine Heigl does what she does best in this movie, it's her typical movie role and she pulls it off as always, whilst always looking stunningly beautiful, may I add. Gerard Butler, on the other hand, is stepping away from his usual macho roles and takes a different direction and he does it quite well. At the beginning of the film, I didn't like him much and thought the casting of him was wrong, but as the film progressed he acts the character well. He can do the vulgar "man-whore," but he can also do the sensitive guy who has just realised he is in love and he does it well.
This is your typical chick flick and if you like that sort of film you will probably love this film. The thing that makes it different is the humour and the fact that it talks about adult subjects and has expletives.
The problem with this film though, is that it lacks depth. The storyline is a bit bland and the conclusion of the film happens before anything has really happened in the film.
Overall, it's a good entertaining film, but it won't be nominated for any Oscars, so if you want a little fun, go see this movie, unwind and laugh until it hurts.
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