Film & TV

Life As We Know It

Rating: M

Running Time: 115 minutes220px-Life_as_We_Know_It_Poster

Release Date: 21 October 2010

Life as we know it stars Katherine Heigl as Holly Berenson an up and coming caterer and Josh Duhamel as Eric Messer a network sports director, both godparents to baby Sophie despite their immense dislike for each other.  Unfortunately tragic circumstances have them named as guardians for Sophie with no other suitors in sight.  They resolve to try and make the best of an awkward situation and raise her together under the same roof.  However their competing career ambitions and Messer’s womanising ways jeopardise their already tenuous relationship. Holly turns to Sophie’s paediatrician Sam (Josh Lucas) for support

It’s the age old comedic story of two single people who intensely dislike each other but after being forced together by circumstance, eventually fall in love.  Heigl (Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, Killers) has rapidly become typecast as the desperate single girl facing the wrong side of her child bearing years while searching for Mr Right Now.  Unfortunately there are only so many ways you can manifest this character without it becoming mundane, repetitive and a tad tired.  While Duhamel (Transformers, Win a Date with Ted Hamilton) and Fergie’s husband is cast perfectly as the womanising himbo. At least there is chemistry between them (better than the disastrous pairing of Heigl and Kutchner in Killers) but it’s a familiar story which relies on the adorable baby with the obligatory dealing with dirty nappy saga.

Directed by Greg Berlanti (Broken Hearts Club) and written by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson, the story offers nothing knew but it is mild entertaining and the charisma of the stars and the cute baby factor (with dirty nappy and poop sagas) will be enough to get it over the line for most cinemagoers. As far as chick flicks go even the poor suffering boyfriend/husband dragged along to watch this will manage to sit through this without too much discomfort.  Duhmael is very attractive so the target audience of females will be more than content with their piece of eye candy.

 

2.5/5 stars

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