after watching chris messina in "ruby sparks" i was inspired to look into what other movies he has been in and came across "ira & abby". i knew nothing about it but since he's cute and i love romantic comedies, i assumed it couldn't be that bad.
plus when i picked up the movie, i saw that the cover touted as "the best manhattan love story since 'when harry met sally'". so figured i was in for a treat. however, i wasn't. it wasn't that the movie was bad it's just wasn't good. the story premise was kinda lame. ira and abbey meet when ira goes to sign up at the gym that abbey works at. they hit it off and sort out the type of person the other is and about a hour of knowing each other abbey proposes to ira. and they get married!
it goes well at first. then things fall apart. they go to therapy (btw his parents are analysts not therapists.) all of the therapist were random actors/comedians ie jason alexander which was cool. then ira's mom has an affair with abbey's dad. so even more therapy. (ps ira's mom is played by the mom from "who's the boss"; never a fan of the show so forgot her name.)
oh and random appearance of jon hamm as abbey's second husband who is a heroin addict in recovery but still hot if you like longish hair.
but they figure life out thanks to a large therapy session with everyone.
it was okay. nothing that struck a cord with me. i didn't want to cry which is always a sign of the romcom. the only thing i loved was how abbey's family did their christmas card in costumes. so going to steal that.
but regardless of the movie, chris messina was adorable and totally drool worthy. but watch him in old episodes of "the mindy project" versus adding this to your netflix queue.
plus when i picked up the movie, i saw that the cover touted as "the best manhattan love story since 'when harry met sally'". so figured i was in for a treat. however, i wasn't. it wasn't that the movie was bad it's just wasn't good. the story premise was kinda lame. ira and abbey meet when ira goes to sign up at the gym that abbey works at. they hit it off and sort out the type of person the other is and about a hour of knowing each other abbey proposes to ira. and they get married!
it goes well at first. then things fall apart. they go to therapy (btw his parents are analysts not therapists.) all of the therapist were random actors/comedians ie jason alexander which was cool. then ira's mom has an affair with abbey's dad. so even more therapy. (ps ira's mom is played by the mom from "who's the boss"; never a fan of the show so forgot her name.)
oh and random appearance of jon hamm as abbey's second husband who is a heroin addict in recovery but still hot if you like longish hair.
but they figure life out thanks to a large therapy session with everyone.
it was okay. nothing that struck a cord with me. i didn't want to cry which is always a sign of the romcom. the only thing i loved was how abbey's family did their christmas card in costumes. so going to steal that.
but regardless of the movie, chris messina was adorable and totally drool worthy. but watch him in old episodes of "the mindy project" versus adding this to your netflix queue.
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