Ollie Trinke has the world in the palm of his hand as everything is going his was. He is a smooth, Manhattan music publicist, and Ollie has just married the love of his life and they have a child on the way. It's a perfect life that is tragically upended when his wife dies while giving birth to their child and he suddenly finds himself a single father unqualified for his new role. Ollie tries to forget about the tragedy that has befallen him by throwing himself into his work so he doesn’t have to think. But before long Ollie's big city lifestyle and his long hours clash head on with fatherhood. It all comes to a head in a press conference where he not only bad mouths Will Smith but the entire press industry causing him to get fired. After losing his job, he's forced to move back in with his father in the New Jersey Suburb where he was raised. There he struggles with his fatherhood as well as the fact that he no longer is working on the job that he felt was the only he did well at is entire life. But with the help of a beautiful young friend who he meets in a video store and starts to help him open him up to love again, and the daughter who gives him the courage to keep going, he begins to realize that sometimes, you have to forget about what you thought you were and just accept who you are.

If there is one thing that Kevin Smith probably does better than anyone else in Hollywood, it is the dialogue he writes. The dialogue is cutting, it is edgy and it is something that we could see ourselves saying. There is no exception in this movie as it is his first foray in a world without Jay and Silent Bob. You have to love Kevin Smiths movies for this from how clerks truly dislike their customers to how hard it is to be a single parent trying to forget ones dreams and learn to love what life has given them instead. The movie was a little sappy for my tastes at times but none the less still a really good movie that was not only poignant but also quite hilarious at times. Some of the comments and dialogue that come out of Liv Tyler’s characters mouth might not only shock you but also make you bust up laughing. If I had to find a major flaw with the movie it would be Jennifer Lopez, her and Affleck had zero chemistry which is ironic since they were dating at the time the movie as shot. J LO just really isn’t that good of an actor and she brings down every movie she is in. While on the other hand Affleck and Tyler had incredible chemistry and you could truly see them as a couple. Maybe know that they are broken up people will begin to remember that Ben is a good actor and stop associating him with Lopez’s lackluster acting talents. The movie has a little bit of everything and would make a great date movie as Kevin Smith hits it dead on with his dialogue about relationships, love and life in general.
3.5 stars out of 5