Definitely Maybe: Bare Ass and Sand Paper !

Universal Pictures

The film features Ryan Reynolds(Will Hayes), Isla Fisher(April), Rachel Weisz(Summer Hartly), Elizabeth Banks(Emily), Abigail Breslin(Maya Hayes), Derek Luke(Russel T. McCormack), and Kevin Klein as Hampton Roth. Tim Beven and Kerry Orent produced, Adam Brooks Directed and wrote the film.


Will Hayes is a thirty something going through a divorce who ends up explaining to his daughter Maya, why relationships do not last. At first Hayes did not want to tell the story to Maya, because he felt that relationships were complicated, but Maya disagreed, and persisted that Daddy tell her anyways. Hayes then decides to tell Maya about the three women in his past, one of which became Maya's mother, but the names of the women have been fictionalized, and Maya has to guess which woman eventually becomes her mother.

Admittedly, romantic comedies usually do not attract me, but I wanted to see something light hearted, and did not expect much from this film besides the template found in most romantic comedies such as couples falling in love, breaking up, and getting back together. Actually that template can be found in this film too.


The point that this film makes is that, one simply does not meet one person, and stay with that person for the remainder one's life without dating other people, and sometimes lovers may try and rekindle a past relationship and encounter failure, as in the case of Hayes and Emily. Reflecting the real life schedule of most working divorced adults, Definitely Maybe is a romantic comedy that is not so romantic, in the amatory sense, and also in the idealistic sense, thus making the realism of this film appreciable-if your a fan of dark romantic comedies like Closer and Feast of Love.


The script was commendable as far as it goes, and the dialogue between Reynolds and Breslin was amusing because Breslin played the role of the precocious child well. Reynold's was great too don't get me wrong. My favorite was Summer. I love her, and when we get married our kids will be eclectic and beautiful. OK let me get a grip. Summer is a character in a movie. The casting was great and the chemistry between the three women and Reynolds was proof of that. Furthermore, the chemistry between all the actors was great period. In terms of characters, amongst the three women, the chemistry between April and Hayes was pronounced. I enjoyed this film for what it is, so I'll give it a C+. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.