Love Stories – Erste Lieben, zweite Chancen (2012)

Love Stories – Erste Lieben, zweite Chancen: Directed by Josh Boone. With Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff. An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

“This film tells the story of a writer family, undergoing various issues with their love life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn u0026quot;Stuck in Loveu0026quot;, the father is stuck because the ex-wife left him for someone else. He is unable to write, locked in a standstill. The daughter and the son experiment with love. The plot is a mixture of romantic comedy and drama, but neither excels. In fact, I thought the plot is boring, especially the father subplot. The son subplot is not very good, in fact the scene where the whole family prematurely leaves the book launch party is almost absurd. The ending also bugs me – because it can be interpreted as a Hollywood ending, or a cruel thing happening to the father. I did not enjoy the film so much.”