Take Care

This movie is a gem. I usually would consider this a chick flick, but as a guy, I totally enjoyed it. The acting and dialogue are all very good and it is never boring or too mushy. It actually starts out with a hilarious scene as Frannies neighbor has to haul her up 4 flights of stairs on his back and the comic moments keep coming. The interplay of Frannie, her ex and her ex's new girlfriend is especially fun to watch. The neighbor and sister and doctor all provide terrific supporting roles as well.

If they kept making romantic comedies like this, I'd definitely be interested in watching them more often. This is one film I would definitely recommend especially to guys who would otherwise skip such a film based on its premise. A solid 7.5 in my opinion.

Take Care is a fun little movie for when you're laid up in bed with a backache and want an easy film to watch. It's nothing we haven't seen before, but it certainly has it's moments. You have to be in the mood for it though. But there's something about it that makes it so I can't stop thinking about it. I'd like to watch it again, a second time, just to figure out what it is. And that's rare for me to want to watch ANY film twice. At any rate, if I do watch it again, it won't be for a long while. But maybe I'll feel like turning it on next time I have a backache or something.

That's what it is, it's a good backache movie! Ah, perhaps I should make that the title of my review. But alas, I will not.

This film is underrated! I've watched it at least 10 times and I discover a new part of a scene each time. I wish the running time was a little longer. Jodi annoys me...it's her face! Read the production notes on the making of Take Care. There were some major production obstacles for this small set. I love Leslie Bibb after seeing this film. She's adorable, yet not afraid to look the part nd has great timing. Great acting, great chemistry with the exes. It is a film to watch over and over. Always puts me in a better mood. This is my first review and I have to say this is a film that just resonates. Love the neighbor, sister is so typical, right? Acting is fluid and the only character that isn't believable is Jodi. Seriously, she is so annoying.

This movie goes for the humor with absolutely crazy situations early on. Insane. Like a woman nursing a broken leg and arm sliding her way to her neighbor's door to complain about his loud music and then asking him to make her a sandwich, which he does. When I say sliding, I mean just that - flat on her back pushing with her one good leg. He has already carried this complete stranger up 4 blights of stairs on his back. If you can get past craziness which at times is cringeworthy, it get's better after what seemed like a very long part of the movie.

I've never seen a premise like this where she guilts her ex boyfriend into taking care of her indefinitely. And he has a beautiful current girlfriend who fits the arm candy mold. At times she seems jealous, but rightfully so given circumstances and puts up with it pretty well for the most part.

I honestly wasn't sure who was going to end up with whom other than what you would expect from this type of movie. The reason Devon agrees to this weird situation isn't obvious at first but before long the mutual backstory of Frannie and Devon explains it. So I give it points for an interesting story.

The acting is OK as is the dialogue. At times Frannie is disgusting and a total loser, but she becomes almost likeable by the end.

I caught the premier of this movie at SxSW. I had zero expectations because it was a premier. I liked this movie. I really liked it. I got drawn into the characters early on and was entertained throughout. It's a light movie, a great date movie, no serious world issues are turned over or discovered. It's a light comedy with some drama. Really good acting by Bibb, Sadowski and the rest of the cast. I don't want to overstate it. Perhaps my enjoyment came because I had no expectations of the movie. In fact, from the description I'd read about it I expected a heavy drama. That was not the case. The premise is not new but it's an interesting angle. I don't want to give any of the plot away because the surprise is the most fun. The story is well crafted by the writer. Well worth a watch.