The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I found this movie to be very entertaining. This is a romantic comedy where a wife wants to find out if her husband is having an affair, so she sends a fake valentine card to her husband pretending to be another woman. She wants to test him and see how far he is willing to go with another woman. During all this she meets her husband's girlfriend and everything becomes very complicated as her husband's best friend declares his love to her.I found this movie to be very charming and like a classic love story. I did not have any expectations for this movie and that's probably the reason for my high rating. I also love Jennifer Lowe-Hewitt's performance in this movie. This is definitely a movie to watch on a rainy day.

Contains spoilers Not a bad movie, but not a great one. It has an interesting premise about a wife (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who is sent a anonymous Valentine Card by her husband's best friend (Dougray Scott) who is drunk and secretly in love with her.Things spiral out of control as Hewitt, at first thinking the card is from her husband, (Jimi Mistry) decides to test him by conducting a secret affair with him(first by phone calls and then by assignments where he is blindfolded). As can be expected things don't go as she expects and secrets are uncovered.So far so good. Dougray Scott is excellent, as usual and Hewitt puts on a convincing British accent. And kudos to the filmmakers for choosing a city outside London to set it in.The problem is that there is no chemistry between Scott and Hewitt. She makes a big play in the film that he's her friend, and that's believable. But there's next to no real passion between them - so when (as is so common in romances) she makes a desperate race to stop him moving to Japan you wonder why he doesn't stay on the train and she doesn't remain at home and curl up with a good book.

Hiya folks,Well, this movie sucks really. Think "Love Actually" in reverse. Nothing fits quite right, nothing is coherent, and certainly nothing makes you laugh. Love is rare in this film.It IS a total flop. As indicated however, there are three redeeming points about this mangled potential of a film.A) With a star billing of Jennifer Love Hewitt, there will be hordes of guys who will submit with grace to viewing this just to catch a glimpse of the petite Hewitt with form fitting clothing. To tell you now guys....there are some promising scenes....but it's really weak eye candy. The "possibilities" here are watered down. Nevertheless, I watched the whole thing tempted by the next scene of you know what.....titillating!B) The ending is romantic and positive. That it's contrary and "over the top" is relevant.....yet for me was still a positive point.C) Dougray Scott plays an amourous friendly guy........REFRESHING! THANK YOU! 2/5, not worthy of your 10 or so dollars.2/3's of the way through, I was convinced Jennifer Love Hewitt was becoming the next softcore legend. Although I'll take that back for now.....it hinges greatly on her next film.Oh, and her sister is way stupid. Her husband is way stupid...and what the heck, she's way stupid.Next time. can't wait for the next Love Actually with JLH!

JLH has a massive fan base consisting of all Males 12-80, and females 12-18 and up - and a large segment in Korea. As the IMDb bio. shows, she is making hay .. with NBC series starting Sept. '05. These 2 2004 unreleased-(or quickly passed)-in-the-US movies ("If Only" being the other) movies, plus the large number in 2005, show: That JLH as Producer, Exec. Consultant or whatever) has grabbed the initiative and is off and running. Snide comments on her acting ability are irrelevant. Even if we have seen her iconic close-up - goofy grin and crinkled-up eyes - for 6 years now, it is still endearing. These two are therefore an absolute must for even mild JLH fans.(available from Korea; you need a $99 Global DVD; experiment with the White plug in a different hole on the DVD player, to get the spoken Soundtrack - in English of course; go from Menu to Setup, the setup option is the third one down, if labeled in Korean; select subtitles: "English" -this is the best I have been able to do- and hit the Select button - the middle of the directional circle of 4 - on your remote. Hit "Resume")JLH is English(!) and married to an English lawyer(Dougray Scott) who neglects her, in what looks like Bristol. She suspects he is having an affair (in fact, true) but enters into a bet with her best girlfriend that she can demonstrate his faithfulness by coming on to him as "Anonymous" via cell-phone, blind-fold etc. She loses big time, and kicks him out. The couple's best friend, who has always loved her, offers to fill in, but "she doesn't want to lose her best friend" .. then changes her mind, chases his departing train .. happy ending.