It's New Year's Day and the traditional light film to start the year, usually a romantic comedy and 2008 is no exception.P.S. I Love You is a rom-com with a slight difference in that the leading man dies early on (no it's not Ghost) and his widow must learn how to move on with her life.
Gerry (Gerard Butler) has arranged for 10 letters written by him to be sent to Holly (Hilary Swank) over the course of several months to aid the healing process. Strangely enough it works.
I must admit it took a while to warm to Hilary Swank in the romantic lead as I'd only really seen her in tough girl roles. Maybe next time. Gerard Butler was a standout and I think he made up for where she lacked a bit.
The support cast was great including Lisa Kudrow, James Marsters (Spike from the Buffy TV show) and the always brilliant Kathy Bates.
This isn't the best film of its genre in recent years but it certainly is warm, funny at times, emotional at others, and easily watchable. It wasn't up there with recent classics like The Holiday and Love Actually but was a good two hours spent.
A 7.5 out of 10 and a solid start to the year.
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