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Pleasant surprise, for a movie I wouldn't go see at a theater.
I rarely go to see movies in the first theater run. It takes a great movie, or uncontrolable anticipation to get me to the 1 movie a year I average. That's mainly why I got the dish and all the premium movie channels. I tend to ramdomly give movies I'd never dream of watching otherwise at least a look. That's how I tripped over this flick, a retread formula for a plotline that, for better or worse, has an idenity of its own. It's not the best in it's genre, but it's a very sweet movie, and my first viewing of anything Jennifer Garner. So I had no "Alias" bias. She's not why I watched the movie. But she wound up to be the reason I watched it repeatedly. Garner plays an adorable role that I thought she was perfect for. And Judy Greer, whom I hadn't seen since the movie "Jawbreaker," is her usual throw all you got into your role, as she plays Garner's ruthless, pompous friend and co-worker in their adulthood. I'd heard good and bad about Mark Ruffalo as well, but again, this was my first sampling of his work too, and I thought he was perfect for the role. It's a simple, sweet, romantic film that despite a couple variations plays out as expected. And there's also an obligatory archetypical character or two in the supporting cast, but fits in the context of the movie. I don't know what it is about me, but I love the "Thriller" scene. It's contrived, a little hokey (how many people of the age range in that scene actually know the "Thriller" dance, step by step?), but I love it, especially the subtle, blink and you'll miss it piece of that scene where Ruffalo's character tells Garner he's leaving the party, and the camera focusses close-up on their two hands drifting apart and the consequential, gasping look on Garner's face. That little snippet is tell-tale of Garner's predicament the whole movie- how her best friend keeps eluding her for one reason or another, until she grows up mentally just as she has physically. I take pokes for having DVDs like this (Sense & Sensibility/You've Got Mail, etc.) in my collection. But we all have out guilty pleasures. This is one. It ain't perfect, but I liked it.

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Kinda of a girly movie, but . . .
If you grew up in the 80's this movie is for you. All the memories will come rushing back when you watch this. <
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>The love story is better than the one from Big, but otherwise this is a big rip-off of Big. But I enjoyed it and Garner is adorable as a young girl in a woman's body. Is she Tom Hanks quality, maybe not, but she does a fine job and you believe it. <
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>Overall fair movie.

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funny & sweet...
i enjoyed this movie, for me, it was very sweet. <
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>the rule of life should be like that, to be nice to the people that are nice to us. <
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>the chance to see your life in the future so that way you can somehow make things right, would be a good thing sometimes. <
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>life is not like that and this is why we have movies like this to make us remember some of those important principles in life. <
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>if you are in the mood for a comedy/romance that can kind of take you back in time, well, try this movie...