Destiny:
| . | something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune. |
| . | the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events. |
A Lot Like Love is a romantic-comedy about two friends who seem destined to love each other, if they can ever figure out themselves first. The first meeting is on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, where innocent Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and hardcore Emily (Amanda Peet) join the mile high club, before learning each others names. Despite this spontaneous introduction, Emily is uninterested in getting to know the guy she just picked up, telling Oliver frankly that he’s not her type, and recording him with “3 strikes.” The two part ways, but end up running into each other hours later in what proves to be just the first of many destined encounters. After spending a fun day together in the city, Oliver gives Emily his home number and tells her to call him in 6 years, once he’s gotten his life and career figured out. When an unexpected breakup leaves Emily dateless for New Year’s Eve a few years later, she calls Oliver and they meet again. In the years that have passed since their first meeting, Emily has taken up acting, Oliver has started an internet diaper selling business, and both have gotten more mature and have started to find out their true selves. But Emily is disappointed to learn that Oliver is moving to San Francisco for business the next day. Over the course of a few years, Emily and Oliver grow to depend on each other in times of crisis, and develop a solid friendship. While each encounter contains a glimpse of what could be love, the timing never seems to be right, with several bad relationships, job changes, and being relocated always seems to get in their way and hold things off. Could it be fate?
Rating: A
A must see for all who love romance with laughter! Gives light to people that things really do happen for a reason…
