Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is married to the love of her life—an Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life.
This movie was all over the place. At times it was great. Some times it was painfully lame. I laughed my ass off a couple of times. Then, I came close to tears at others because they went out of their way to pull every possible heart string that they could. Unfortunately, I'd have to lean towards this movie not being too good simply because there really wasn't the necessary level of believable chemistry between Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank. It all felt very forced. The only thing that made this movie remotely watchable was the funny parts. They were hilarious. Sadly, there weren't quite enough of them in the second half of the movie and it made the movie feel like an hour too long.
I wouldn't really recommend people checking this out. Its extremely sad by nature and is frustratingly scattered to boot. Wait for cable on this one, people.
