Plot as we already know it

Life as We Know It (2010)

This comedy-drama from director Greg Berlanti which stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. After a couple die their best friends that do not like each other have to raise the orphaned one year old daughter.

There is a decent premise for a film here, how to cope with the sudden and unexpected responsibility of raising a child but instead this is just used as wrapping to bash out the same old tired romantic comedy plot. What could have been a serious drama is instead a missed opportunity that is more focused on how it sucks that people have to give up their cool lives and how the lead characters should get it on. As a romantic comedy this is probably not the worst you will ever see but that is hardly a recommendation given the depths the genre can hit.

3/5