Mark Ruffalo carries this delightful embrace of fantasy, loneliness, loss and romance and shares pleasant on-screen chemistry with Reese Witherspoon.While this film fails to exceed the rank of "good and enjoyable", it is still good and enjoyable! As a fan of Ruffalo, I enjoyed him as the thinly written, albeit earnest and likeable, protagonist in a film that is coated in simplicity but still manages to warm the viewer's heart. The romance made me smile.
The pacing rolls along at a breezy pace, which is odd considering the film offers little more than a lonely struggle that is sliced and presented in two different yet intersecting ways. Characters have only one layer of pulp, but they fit well inside of the snug package this film wants to be. Some people might be turned away by Jon Heder's lethargic "Napoleon Dynamite" routine in a side role, but I endured it and wonder if these performers would be suited for stronger, more demanding versions of their respective roles.
While I wish I could've seen a deeper tale of these characters, it is clear this was meant to be a small and enjoyable film.
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