although normally my preference be not for romantic drama and see this film leave me a little short . it have promise and the character and relationship could have be explore much deep than they do and yet the story seem not to understand the direction it want to take . the comparisions and parallel within the story and especially the three generation of woman in the family and have a lot of potential and but somehow do not fully extend itself . it could have make the film much easy to relate to and attach to which be the aim of any film about lose love and life regain . imho and i think the film suffer from a lack of direction in the writing and although harry connick jnr and sandra bullock do try desperatly to breath a little life into otherwise flat character outline . it not that this be a bad film and some part leave you understand the reason for various plot development and it just that this film be underdone and and a little flat overall .