Lisa (Witherspoon) is a woman whose athletic ability is the defining passion of her life, having been her focus since early childhood. When she is cut from her team, everything she has ever known is suddenly taken from her. Not knowing what to do, she stumbles toward regular life. In this mode, she begins a fling with Matty (Wilson), a major league baseball pitcher, a self-centered ladies man – a narcissist with a code of honor. George (Rudd) is a straight-arrow businessman whose complicated relationship with his father, Charles (Nicholson), takes a turn when George is accused of a financial crime, even though he's done nothing wrong. Though he may be headed to jail, George's honesty, integrity, and unceasing optimism may be his only path to keeping his sanity. Before Lisa's relationship with Matty takes root, she meets George for a first date on the worst evening of each of their lives: she has just been cut, and he has just been served. When everything else seems to be falling apart, they will discover what it means to have something wonderful happen.I gave this movie the 20 minute lithmus test and barely made it. I can't believe how annoying and unhooking this movie was. Look at the cast. Look at the director. I am usually a sucker for romantic comedies. However, this movie was so bad that I found myself rooting against the characters after only 15 minutes. Just plain bad.
I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering to watch this. I know I will never bother watching the rest of it because I couldn't care less if any of the build up I saw works out for any of them.
