Lovable characters, smart script and nice cinematography ... yes, somehow ordinary script, but over all, a nice flick for a relaxing evening. I highly recommend this to the common north american viewer who thinks that life and chasing chicks is all done via drugs, alcohol and obnoxious behavior at both personal and family levels ... enjoy

While I agree with the criticism of fayozavala and nadialamas's reviews, I think it is worthy of a higher rating for all of the many positive attributes. There were poignant scenes and story-line that was true to our human nature. When Cristobal confesses a transgression to his good friend Carlos, to prove a point that will help Carlos make a life altering decision that will impact his wife, and his daughter and his marriage, and demands that Carlos give him a good blow in retribution, and that they then hug and carry on as friends, that depicted friendship between men at their finest. Carlos's story is complex, and he is vulnerable and true, but retains his self-respect and remains open to possibilities. Both he and Irene are mindful of each others feelings. The film has moral footing and in the end one understands the moral dilemma Carlos finds himself facing. The filming, lighting, and locations for all of the scenes are beautiful. Despite the aspects of the film that are clunky, it is, in the end, a feel good rom-com that rom-com lovers will appreciate.

I admit that this movie has something typically European (or Spanish better said) and that might make it somehow more difficult for other audiences. In short I found the movie to be funny, with sometimes unexpected twists (sometimes expected, I will admit that) and starring beautiful young actors. The movie is filled in with beautiful images. I see that many critiques refer to the dialogues but in all honesty this is exactly what I found to be the strong point of the movie. The cast is very well chosen and doing a very good job as well, the actors fit their roles in a natural way and seem to enjoy themselves every single scene. I recommend it to anyone looking for an alternative to those American comedies with overrated actors, full of clichés and gross dialogues. The movie left us pleasantly surprised and some of the scenes still make us laugh a couple of days later.

What a pleasure to review this trainwreck of a movie.This film has a serious problem with self-identification. You would think that this is a movie about an innocent flirt and romance about two not-so-young-anymore protagonists that are both well-likable. He, a slightly dorky writer with a charm most girls will like, and she, a cute bookworm of a girl with no steady job or income, an asshole boyfriend and a dreamy outlook on life.But wait until 20 minutes in the film, when the screenplay suddenly reveals that he is also a family-man with a kid and a lustful wife. Guess how many times is the kid shown in the movie? Yep, zero! The most irresponsible father in the history of the world, he plays hide and seek with his newly-found infatuation, while revealing a host of mental problems including weird (not in a good way) sexual deviations and a deeply rooted beta male character.All of this is accompanied by some terrible scripting and forced acting. The comatose screenplay stretches this agony to an hour and a half, and I feely lucky it was not more than that.