this movie to me be great because it show the true ups and down in marriage and friendship . gabe and karen be like real couple . they argue and settle and cook and clean and raise kid and have meaningful friendship . tom and beth be also semi normal because she cheat on him early in the marriage and he find out and but they stay together for the kid and like most parent do . gabe and karen be like me and my husband and so that be really great to see . when gabe and tom be have lunch and gabe tell tom that the four of them be to grow old together and watch each others kid grow up and cry at their wedding and now that be friendship . karen and beth be oddly different and beth state that she try to be more like karen and but no matter how much she stir her soup still stick to the pot . karen would have never say that to beth and karen long for family and friendship and she state that if she could make her friend her family and that it what it be all about . all the dinner and the countless hour of video tape and all those vacation we spend on the vineyard . 12 year and two kid and he want a divorce . this be a must buy movie that you can watch over and over and never get tire of . jm .