This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It Had To Be You stars Natasha Henstridge and Michael Vartan together with Michael Rispoli, Olivia d'Abo and Faith Prince.It was directed by Steven Feder.Former NYC policeman and aspiring author Charlie Hudson is about to marry into a wealthy family and is sent to a hotel near Central Park to spend the weekend without his bride-to-be finalizing plans for the big- deal wedding. He meets in the hotel elevator perky, trivia-obsessed Anna Penn, who is doing the same on the eve of her wedding. A few chance encounters later, the couple teams up to complete their chores and that's when Charlie realizes he's not in love with his career-driven future wife because he's in love with Anna. But is Anna in love with him? He's about to find out.This is a poorly made movie that is kept afloat by its lead stars and charisma despite the lack of chemistry they have and they are not believable as a couple.

There was a quote where the main actress checks into the hotel and the bellboy says something to the effect of "walk by the fountain, you'll feel like you're in Rome" I could have sworn i heard this in an old classic somewhere. I wondered if anybody remembered seeing it. I gave the movie 5 stars because I don't like Romantic comedies, but I didn't want to tank it based on my bias. I don't want my vote to throw the balance off one way or the other. It is interesting that Michael Vartan later played Michael Vaughn in alias. As a younger actor his director must have forced him to take on the name of Charlie :). For what it is worth i know i watched this movie in the theatre with my wife but it didn't impact her enough for her to remember it the next time around.

I just want to make one thing clear- I love Michael Vartan! But this film really lets him down. His acting is still superb, he's still as charming as ever, and he still looks great. But the film itself is a load of rubbish! Natasha Henstridge, I'm sorry to say it, comes over bit manly... you're constantly waiting for her to run off with her best friend, who's own sub-storyline is a little weird. Myself and my family (who sat down and watched the film with me) were also put off by the soundtrack to the film; at times the music just didn't fit with what was going on in the scenes. However, even this was not the worst aspect of what I found to be a very disappointing film. I could forgive the leading lady's butch-ness, I could forgive the freakish characters that were thrown in to the mix, and I could forgive the poor choice of musical accompaniment, but whose choice was it to cut out the whole middle section of the film and skip straight to the end??? The ending was obviously planned from the beginning but how it gets there is left untold. If you're a Michael Vartan fan skip this film: buy yourself a poster instead.

" It had to be You" is another sign that Hollywood is running out of ideas. This picture is about Charlie Hudson a former police officer turned Author. When Charlie's fiancé goes out of town he's stuck with all of the wedding planning. He spends a week at a fancy hotel and meets Anna Penn a teacher who just happens to also be getting married. The two quickly become friends and set out to plan their separate weddings together. This is when the plot gets boring, Charlie falls in love with Anna and she has to choose between a safe life or Charlie. This movie rips off every romantic comedy ever made and just has you waiting for the end of the movie so you can do something else. Micahel Vartan and Natasha Henstridge give really mediocre performances which just makes this movie all the more gut wrenching to watch.