Universal Pictures has come up with yet another romantic comedy movie: Definitely, Maybe directed by the all time favorite Adam Brooks. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Kline and Derek Luke. Will Hayes is a father in his 30s and is facing a divorce. His daughter Maya who is 10 years old lives with the mother but meets him for a couple of time a week.
On one of such meetings, Maya asks her father to tell her about life before he got married. To tell her the story, he changes some facts and the names of the people involved in it, so that Maya needs to keep guessing which of the three women is actually her mother. The story has been depicted in flashbacks and moves back and forth as the daughter asks and comments in between. At the end of the story, although Maya succeeds in figuring it out but realizes that Will is still in love with April. She encourages her father to go and ask for April?s heart as he succeeds in doing so in the end.
In the weekend of its opening, the movie grossed about $9.5 million over 2200 theatres in Canada and US ranking 5 on box office. As far as the plot of the film is concerned, it is perfectly what a romantic comedy needs to be. With its performances and the witty script, the film will definitely make you cry, laugh and think or at least touch your heart somewhere. Sure, the film gets gimmick and may be predictable in some spots, but it is a distinct entry which stands out of the ocean of film from indistinguishable genres.
The DVD coming out on June 24th 2008 is a good quality soft presentation of the film’s tone.
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