Can these two make it work. Will they sacrifice their goals and aspirations as singles to build a life for the child? Or are these two things mutually exclusive?

I guess the premise of the movie is more about “Life as we know it” changing. Are you good with that happening? And if not, why not? You know when you were in elementary school “Life as you knew it” changed when you moved to high school. And “Life as you knew it” changes again when you get to college. And again when you find jobs. And when you change jobs. And when you buy a house. Life changes all the time based on where you find yourself, where you are, and where you want to go. So why not just embrace the present around you and live every day as best you can and extract as much love and joy from the world around you.

But the movie itself has a strange sort of charm. Even for people who aren’t baby people – that’d be me. Strange to see some guy so non-baby and yet go for it so much. And how, while yes this is scripted, he didn’t let these things ruin his life or life as he knew it (haha). So even if no one has just willed you a baby, you can take a lesson from this – he’s laid back and going with it. Making the best of it all. Picking up chicks in the grocery store with the help of the baby (funny scene!).

You can chose a worse film for the evening. If you have a date and need a chick flick, this one isn’t horrid. Josh’s character, Messer, is a technical director for the Atlanta hawks so you’ll see sports references peppered throughout the film. Also if you happen to live in Atlanta you can find all the Atlanta scenery.

Things learned from this movie:

1. Babies have their uses.
2. Smart cars are tiny.
3. New motorcycle drivers should listen to the instructions fully.
4. Look at yourself in the mirror before going downstairs to greet guest.
5. Hash brownies shouldn’t be left out for the social services worker to find.
6. Someone willing you a house is a great thing!
7. If you’ve had a ball cap since high school, be careful who you let borrow it.
8. Teenaged bouncy castle set-up crew can be busted and you could score some weed.
9. Cabbies do not a nanny make!
10. If you have kids, find yourself a baby whisperer!

Rated PG-13. 115 minutes (1 hour 55 minutes). Swearing. Baby butts.

Jennifer Aniston – still smoking hot – is turning 40 and her biological clock is screaming baby. She has no man. So, turning to the next best thing, she’s in the market for a donor. She finds a guy, ignoring the close friend who’s been pining over her for years and has a big celebration (everyone’s doing it, Juliette Lewis says – she’s hot, too). But distraught and very drunk friend who Jennifer has ignored for many years – they are friends – Jason Bateman accidentally spills the donors donation and in a pinch what’s he to do? Well, he decides he can step in and donate … thank you Diane Sawyer.

So that’s the movie – guy wants girl, girl doesn’t want guy, he sticks around anyway. She wouldn’t sleep with him when desperate for a kid, so he rationalizes that he can get her anyway – maybe not so much mentally because he is soooo drunk! But the baby she has an moves away with is his. And years later she moves back, and my! doesn’t that kid look like him. They go together… The intended “donor” is now recently single and things start clicking between Jennifer and him, so what’s Jason to do? Hmmm… how do these romantic comedies always end?

Also – some good photos from the film here at DoBlu.com.

Things learned from this movie:

1. Women love babies.
2. Men who will go an get lice out of potential paramour’s son’s hair are a godsend as friends.
3. Above mentioned guy is getting walked on and needs to grow and pair and use his backbone.
4. Jeff Goldblum is getting really old!
5. Get really, really drunk and you could end up getting a girl pregnant without even sleeping with her.
6. He thought of Diane Sawyer like that??

Rated PG-13. 101 minutes (1 hour 41 minutes). Talk about babies and sex and how donations happen. Some swearing. Some dude in a theater is completely naked and you see the pan down over his butt.

So off they go to the wedding, in Rome, Italy. Comedic things happen, of course, wouldn’t be a romantic comedy without that now would it? But she ends up in this fountain that is supposedly magical to have your wishes of love come true – but disbelieving in love as she does now, she takes a handful of coins. And according to legend those guys will fall madly in love with her. And they do – this gaggle of guys begins following her, including Josh Duhamel who was the best man at the wedding.

She’s a reasonable girl and doesn’t want the love of these guys if they are just there because of this “spell” so she tries to set things right. That’s all of the plot really. Find out how to undo this spell but still really liking one of the guys and you have to wonder – how does she know if that was his coin/chip or if he’d tossed it in?

Their date in the unlit restaurant, where you eat without seeing and the waitresses and waiters wear night vision goggles was pretty inventive! The Jon Heder scenes were a little creepy, but the addition of “Juan” with his Pedro-esque mustache (a la Napoleon Dynamite) was sweet!

Things learned from this movie:

1. I’d really like a job like working in the Guggenheim.
2. Eating in the dark is probably pretty cool!
3. Italian “mid-sized” cars are perfect for getting around in New York City traffic!
4. Go ahead, take off your shoes and stick your feet in that fountain.
5. If your depressed champagne from a bottle is a good solution.
6. You can express every emotion and passion with sausage.
7. Beware of padres who play poker.

Rated PG-13. 91 minutes (1 hour 31 minutes). Really a squeaky clean movie. I didn’t really notice any language, and aside from the adult themes that are implied – and that huge briefly seen nude mural and the nude sketches of Kristen Bell — all painfully too brief, there’s not too much to offend. She does wear a very plungingly cut dress which is stare worthy at her sister’s wedding.

This is a movie that I would have loved to have been a cast or crew member on (heck, I’d like to be that on any movie), but this one, filmed in all sorts of exotic locales – French Polynesia, Bora Bora, Tahiti, etc imagine having to go to “work” there? But beyond the beautiful scenery, if you’ll listen to this movie and follow along with what is going on in these people’s lives, you’ll see people who truly want (or don’t) want to stay together and discover things about themselves. There are timeless truths here as people show how we never really communicate well that people who love each other overlook each other and forget to make sure to tell those around them that they love them and express those feelings. They overlook, they say hurtful things, etc. So listen to what is said, especially some of the things Vince Vaughn’s character says — it does good to hear them. Yes, that’s right, Vince Vaughn, typical funny  man has lots of wise things to say. He just got married recently too.

Also always good to see Jean Reno – except he didn’t hit anyone or blow anything up.

But the movie isn’t without humor. It is good for laughs as well with Vince’s usual witty remarks. Jon Favreau’s back. An epic Guitar Hero battle (or hustle). A therapist telling his patient that “you shouldn’t pull a theoretical gun on your therapist”. Vince Vaughn getting attacked by sharks and living to tell. You can enjoy the evening with humor and have a gently reinforced message that you should be more attuned to the people you love in life – treat them better, be open and responsive to them because they are the best thing in your life.

I didn’t do anything for Valentine’s really, so this is pretty much the closest thing. And it was nice. Now, just get someone to stay along for the ride!

Rated PG-13. 107 minutes (1 hour 47 minutes). Some language. Bunches of swim swear on very shapely females and one big guy’s butt.