Sorry folks, I couldn't get to the movies again this week, too much homework and papers due. So I caught this on cable TV. I heard it was awful but I started watching it and I got caught because the story started out pretty good.
Ollie (Ben Affleck) is a successful music publicist who loses everything, including his wife (Jennifer Lopez) who dies and leaves him a single dad to raise a beautiful baby girl. The daughter looks like Jennifer Lopez must have looked as a child. She is played quite charmingly by Raquel Castro.
Ollie and his daughter move in with his feisty father (George Carlin) as Gerty grows up, about 7 years. Liv Tyler plays Maya the new friend, for now, for Ollie. Maya sees the world in a fresh and fun way and helps Ollie to see what is really important in his life.
Kevin Smith wrote most of this screenplay in a couple months, set it aside and forgot about it. He was friends with Ben Affleck and happened to mention it to him. Affleck read it and liked it and Smith finished writing it quickly and specifically for Afflect to play the part of Ollie.
This is just a sweet little story about love and loss and finding out what is really important in life. I liked it.
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Interesting. I never saw this one, partly because of the negative press and partly because of the story line. I didn't realize it was written by Kevin Smith, though. I usually like his stuff. I love Liv Tyler, and I like Ben Affleck, so maybe I'll have to give this one a shot.
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