"I have found that almost everything written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, "Journey's end in lovers meeting." Oh. What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I'm more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone rally should. I'm constantly amazed by it's sheer power to alter and define our lives.
"It was Shakespeare who also said, "love is blind." Now that is something I know to by true.
"For some, quite inexplicably love fades.
"For others, love is simply lost.
"But than of course love can also be found, even if just for the night.
"And then there's another kind of love. The cruelest kid. The one that almost kills its victims. It's called unrequited love. Of that, I am an expert.
"Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories -- those of us who fall in love alone. We are the victims of the one-sided affair. We are cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones. The walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space."
This voice over by Iris (Kate Winslet) at the beginning of the movie is a perfect set up for the movie.
It's always about love. Always. Love comes in many forms and, as depressing as this is, not everyone gets the typical love-at-first-site / love-you-forever happy ending. It's important, then, to hear about everyone else not as fortunate in love as others.
And that's what this movie has to offer -- a new kind of love story where people are in love with the wrong people and are allegedly in the wrong country/houses as well -- only to be resolved at the end of the movie. Kind of like Midsummer Night Dream I guess.
All in all, there really isn't much else to say. It's a romantic comedy -- they're a bit formulaic. I will, however, say that the characters were likable (especially Iris, Arthur, and Miles). And, overall, the film was cute and enjoyable.
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