Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

GazerRise Fantastic!

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Dee Mou What happens when your best friends try to set you up? Probably nothing remotely close to what happens in this movie (NO SPOILERS), but the cast and crew do a great job of taking a close look at parenting from a variety of perspectives and through a comic overlay of the would-be romance between the wonderful co-stars. Here are these two very successful professionals, caught up in their own very different routines, confounded suddenly by the hardship of losing their friends, the reality that THEY are actually the best choices as guardians to young Sophie (NO SPOILERS). As most parents and guardians can tell you, no amount of prior training or experience can make you the perfect parent but things come around eventually if you share enough love and dedication to the young person/people in your care. My compliments to the writers and directors as well as to the cast and crew.

gornasa I'm glad I saw this movie before I checked out its review on Rotten Tomatoes. At that time it was 11% and I definitely wouldn't dare watch it if I'd known. The other day I watched it again and loved it just as much as the first time. Rotten Tomatoes is giving it a slightly higher percentage of rot today: 28%. Wow. It looks like the critics really hated this movie, whereas the viewers - quite the opposite. And I'm in the latter group. This IS life as we know it, and that's what I liked. The critics clearly are all childless, and they must be miserable people with low self-esteem because they would complain about silly stuff, for example, that Josh Duhamel is too good-looking to play this unexpected dad here. Well, hello, Josh is a real person, who happens to be gorgeous, and in real life with his wife Fergie they do have a baby and no one seems to be whining about the fact that Josh is changing diapers and dealing with his kid's vomit, so. It's not his fault that he was born like that, is it? And do we want to see an ugly guy in a romantic comedy? Duh. I like the fact that the story is really fleshed out. We get to see how it might work, and how the characters fall for each other and get to understand that they are a family. The screenwriter wasn't just trying to get from A to Z and to tick off everything on their list of what goes into a romantic comedy. This is a comedy but also a drama so you don't just see cheese all the time. All characters, even the minor ones, have good parts, they have something interesting or funny to say, so the main two characters aren't acting in isolation from everything and everyone else. That was cool, it made it more realistic and authentic. Other reviewers mentioned Duhamel and Heigl's chemistry and I must say this is the first thing that strikes you about this movie. They really do make a great couple. The script helps a lot, of course, but the chemistry is what they put into the movie themselves, and they are what really makes it worth watching. They work so good together that they make you totally root for them. And you kinda know that they must get together in the end but at the same time you're interested in the journey too. I give it 8 out of 10 stars on a romance scale. As a movie in general it does have its flaws, it's far from being a masterpiece. But as a romantic comedy, this is a very solid, enjoyable movie that is funny and warm. It shows you why some things are worth a sacrifice sometimes, and that's good. Raising a baby takes a huge effort and we all hate our kids sometimes, we hate our lives changing so much, and yes, marriage may seem like prison. This movie shows you that it's normal to struggle but if your heart is in it, you can make it work and be happy.

Austin Takahashi Okay. Let's give this a try. Holly and Eric are given the responsibility to raise small baby Sophie after their best friends perish in a horrible car crash. Problem is, they can't stand each other. Thing is, this is a bad romantic comedy, which means their unwanted roles will only be a disguised blessing where they will find true love… in one another. See where I'm going yet?This premise will sooner or later take us to a scene where small baby Sophie has unloaded on her diaper. Holly and Eric must change it for the greater good. But, they haven't done this before, so they are required to make faces that show their disapproval for, you know, poop. And of course, poop will somehow find its way on places where it's not supposed to be.Oh. In one of the movie's earlier scenes, some marijuana is confiscated. In bad romantic comedies, no marijuana remains unused. Later on, it's in the hands of Holly and Eric, and they use the sweet and innocent art of baking to consume it. Soon enough, the two of them are, I guess, having fun.Read more here: http://localmoviereview.com/life-as-we-know-it-movie- review/

perkypops Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel use on screen chemistry to make this quite original storyline work in a pleasing way, even if at times the film always follows the signposts without ever hinting that it may surprise you. The plot bases itself on what happens if married friends would like you to look after their kid(s) if anything terminal should happen to them both. Enter Sophie whose parents perish. There are actually three Sophies but they only ever appear singularly and we cannot see the joins...The screenplay centres around whether or not Holly (Heigl) and Mess (Duhamel) will get it together sufficiently well to provide for Sophie as her parent's would have wished. Of course Holly and Mess have almost diametrically opposed ideas and ideas on life choices entirely designed on making the other feel inferior. Whilst this is going on Sophie is growing up and not all is as straightforward as planned.One of the most charming aspects of the script is its penchant for discovery, or perhaps a better word would be disclosure. We witness Holly and Mess discovering and disclosing slowly but surely through the film whilst all around them people seem to be sure the "happy" couple will eventually get it right. Perhaps it takes more than Sophie to do that though and that is where the film works really well.The acting is good throughout, and the scenes of Sophie growing up are sometimes a joy. It is perhaps a little too strongly "middle class" in places but it doesn't detract from the enjoyment.I give it seven for achieving what it sets out to do.