Rating: 6 out of 10, a Netflix rental that I signed up for because I’ve always thought Hathaway closely resembles my daughter so I watch everything she does. I liked the concept of movies capturing a day in the life of two people and checking in every year or so. This was done so well in the movie Same Time, Next Year with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. Here it’s only a fair effort mainly because it’s hard to care about the male lead. Sturgess is just not that likable and has almost no screen presence. Hathaway totally dominates him in every scene they’re in together, which is really the whole movie. Everybody else in the movie seems to believe in Sturgess’ character but they offer no proof as to why – leads to a huge hole in the plot. Both Hathaway and Clarkson offer very believable English accents. There was one very nice scene near the end when the characters from two different time periods pass each other on the same hill. Not even a near miss here, I won’t buy this one because it doesn’t bear a second viewing.
MVP: Hathaway as Emma, the nerdy college student who blossoms into a n acclaimed writer
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