I “read” this via audiobook on my ipod. I enjoyed it but I think I would have liked it even better if I had read the book. There’s something about someone else’s voice in your head enunciating words and using different voices for characters that is somewhat distracting from the overall story line. But, I loved the idea of this book – definitely creative!

I don’t think much of Cameron Diaz as an actress but despite the flaw of having her in this film, I overall really enjoyed it. I agree with someone below who said that the Jack Black character was totally unnecessary – I think Kate Winslet’s storyline would have been just fine if she had gone home with a good friend in the neighbor and a few lessons on life learned.

but it fits the bill for a fun girlie movie when there isn’t anything else on and this is playing on the Oxygen Network.

This is definitely a beautiful movie. From the set design to the costumes to the lighting I had the sense that the movie was set inside of a painting. I just wish there had been more character development – I never really got to know the butcher, the painter, or Scarlett’s character very well. I felt it was slow moving but I kept watching because it was so gorgeous.

I thought Drew Barrymore was amazing in this. I loved the eccentricity of Big and Little Eddie and marveled at how two women who were the very embodiment of NY City High Society became so isolated, living in a house of trash and animal feces. Totally crazy but I really enjoyed it.

It was what it was – a quick, fun read. It’s not going to go down in history as The Great American novel but it’s a great love story – I can see why it is so popular with “Tweens” and young adults. . . I’m not immediately compelled to pick up the second book in the series but at some point I’m sure I’ll get around to it.

My favorite action/super-hero movie to date. I usually only watch these types of movies because my boyfriend rents them but this one was pretty good! Plus, you gotta love the adorable/handsome Will Smith!

I agree with the previous commenter who said this was a story that has been done before . . . for instance, the movie “The Family Stone” had similiar themes: brothers who fall in love with the same woman and switch “girlfriends” at the end, a big family reunion where the family is over protective and single out one person to be a bit cruel and mean to . . . At least, that movie is what kept coming to mind as I watched this. Still, kudos to Steve Carell for trying a role outside of his “type” even if it didn’t quite work.

Before I saw this I heard it compared to “The Departed” . . . but the similiarities start and end with the fact that both movies take place in Boston and include the Boston police.

I like how the end created a moral delimna for the main character (and the viewer). SPOILER ALERT: I definitely thought the girl was better off with Morgan Freeman’s character, but at the same time, she didn’t belong to him and there’s a process – he should have called Social Services and gone through the lawful procedures (no matter how crazy and screwed up the system is) to have her removed from her mom.

between wishy washy and “not worth consuming”. Perhaps the only thing that saved it is my adoration of Al Pacino.