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As a yoga teacher, Ann (Heather Graham) is a success, especially after she started vlogging what's basically rants about her personal life and how yoga helps her overcome bad situations. And her personal life is indeed a mess, she's terrorized by both her bible-thumping father (Michael Gross) and her mother (Julie Halston), who wants Ann to help her with her singing career despite lacking any musical talent. And then there's her sister Clio (Julia Stiles), who despite constantly going in and out of rehab can't kick her drug habit. On top of that, her love life's totally out of control as she has the tendency to date psychos, addicts and the like, relationships that never last more than a few months for obvious reasons. Eventually, she decides to leave finding the right mate for her in the hands of her best friends, nwely minted restaurant owner Max (Thomas Lennon) and his wife Frances (Odessa Rae) as well as highly judgmental Roz (Andrea Savage), and before you know it,t hey come up with Steve (John Brotherton), a good-looking guy with a great body who's as skillful a handiman as he's a cook, who's strong but mild-mannered, kind and never pushy. He's pretty much perfect, so it doesn't take long for Ann to fall for him, and fortunately he falls for her as well, and before you know it the two are a couple. There's just one problem, Steve, a divorcée, has a 7 year old daughter, Lilly (Ella Grace Helton) with his ex, and the girl, still somewhat traumatized by her parents' spearation, is very protective of her father, and suddenly Ann finds herself in a fight over Steve's affections with the little girl, a fight she's not sure she can or even wants to win ...

Now I'll say this, narratively this movie meanders a bit, at times lacks a clear direction - but at the same time the film and espeically its lead Ann also incredibly relatable, the situations she finds herself in feel real, and hardly ever exaggerated for laughs. And while as a whole, this is not a laugh-out-loud funny film, there's still plenty of good-hearted humour, and quite a few punchlines are pretty much priceless. And of course the cast's pretty much first rate, only helping to make this a very worthwhile romantic comedy.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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