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Premise: After a school sex ed class, a young girl asks her father how she came to be, and he tells of the three great love affairs in his life.
Director: Adam Brooks
Stars: Ryan Reynolds * Abigail Breslin * Rachel Weisz * Elizabeth Banks * Isla Fisher * Kevin Kline
Review: A surprise. A pleasant one.
The chemistry between the two leads - Breslin and Reynolds - is quite refreshing. Reynolds normally delivers in his roles - from Van Wilder to the remake of The Amityville Horror to Waiting - and while he excels in comedy, it is nice to see a change of pace from him. Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine herself - is also charming as Maya, his daughter in the film.
The three love affairs - Banks, Weisz and Fisher - are all presented as a tale to his daughter, but also are quite charming in and of themselves. The story is presented by Will to his daughter in order that she can know what love is, in order to placate her interest in sexual education - provoked by an earlier school lesson. In telling the story of his life's adventures, his daughter learns of her mother's relationship with her father, as well as who Will really is in love with.
The three actresses are all excellent in their parts, as Banks is the first true love that he experiences and then loses; Weisz plays the brainy, passionate affair during his early years in New York; and Fisher is the smouldering affair that is unrealized until later, although moments are clear clues to all but William.
An entertaining appearance by Kevin Kline as an acerbic mentor to Weisz's reporter-on-the-move lightens the movie slightly early on, but also prods the growth necessary for both Weisz and Reynolds later in the film.
A pleasant, moving film that definitely entertains.
Overall: Good
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