Prime

romantic comedies are notoriously difficult, the chemistry between the leads is outstanding, and Uma Thurman, if you look closely is even slightly better than Merryl Streep who sometimes, as in this movie, tends to overplay, if bored?, her parts, there are some painful clichés, of course, but overall the script is very well written, I have not seen Uma Thurman, almost tragic to note, in a better role since,

Very nice first half but then it badly deteriorates

Great fun for its first two acts, with Thurman having a blast in a rare romantic lead, and La Streep swooping in to steal the movie from all around her (her reaction shots as the conceit plays out are priceless). The good spirits outweigh some credibility issues, however the abrupt switch to a more serious tone towards the finale throws the film off balance (it’s hard to take these characters seriously after behaving so erratically in the earlier stages). Caveats noted, it’s an overall success.

Bleh.

Your normal romcomcrapfest.

comedy drama? sometimes

It's about as average as romcoms get, which makes it more or less crap.

Well, at least the director never found work again.

Not horrible. There are better and worse movies.

#14#, popcorn, story, cast

Romance films these days are far too mopey. They insist on showing the up and down of the relationship and always spend too long on the down, when it's the up we like to see. This is a prime example, fun for 20-30 minutes until it gets serious. Pretty disappointing.

-09.12.2012 - 01:28 / with, Buket

This all seems like mindless enough, B-minus material until Meryl Streep shows up, illustrating vividly just awful this whole flick is as she vainly struggles to make something--ANYTHING--of what she is given to work with.

This is tedious and most certainly not worth your time... My recommendation is to spend the 2 hours of not-watching-this-film trying to create the most banal relationship you can and then just sort of drift away from each other once you hit your 2 hour time limit. Or do some knitting. Either way you'll feel better, and you may have a hand-knitted penis-hat by the end of it (shameless reference to the only line in the film).

The scenes between Thurman and Streep are the highlights. The rest is very cliched.

Amiable fluff, with solid performances by Thurman, Greenberg, and Streep. It won't be remembered by anyone, but it's easy to watch, and ends in a non-typical fashion, with enough investment in the characters to keep it compelling the whole way.

ger; [Couchgeflüster - Die erste therapeutische Liebeskomödie]; der sohn einer jüdischen psychotherapeutin verliebt sich zufällig in deren patientin, die 14 jahre älter als er ist.

Almost couldn't sit through the whole movie.

I only watched this movie because of Meryl Streep. I am very sorry, but this movie is just awful. The acting is bad, the writing is even worse and I would not have thought it possible to have such poor directing in a movie starring Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep. Having one good idea (a therapist whose patient is sleeping with her son) should not justify producing an entire film! The 10 I give are only fore Meryl Streep.

Bar one section of the plot, the therapist triangle, this is a very realistic portrail of a relationship. They don't cheap out on it either. It's only really let down by a scene towards the end that seems to be rushed and outwith the tone.

"A minor romantic comedy with a pseudo-indie feel." - Dan Callahan

Not my cup of tea.

I like this movie. It has a realistic ending unlike most romantic comedies. I was pleasantly surprised by this film. Who wouldn't fall in love with Uma Thurman?

watchable

For a romantic comedy it's not romantic or funny. It's actually very banal and tedious

Meryl Streep is always great but it doesn't save this movie

Sloppy direction mars this otherwise entertaining romantic comedy about a patient (Thurman) who falls for the son (Greenberg) of her therapist (Streep); great performances, surprising sweet and realistic ending.

Well made comedy with good performances, though the ending was a bit of a letdown.

This romantic comedy is not a great thing. The only interesting thing is the work of A Thurman and Meryl Streep.