As I See It

Life As We Know It

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas

Rating: PG-13 

Score: 3.5/4

This movie starts off with the awkward date that first sets Holly against Messer for several years. They were set up by their mutual friends, Peter and Alison. When the date goes south before Holly even pulls out of the driveway in her 'Smart Car' it will become a running joke in the group of friends that Holly can't stand Messer. 
Fast forward to the present day, Peter and Alison live in a gorgeous house and have a baby girl named Sophie. Her one year birthday has just been celebrated and life is perfect.  Until the night that Holly gets a phone call from the police station telling her that Peter and Alison are dead and Sophie is an orphan.

A la Raising Helen, Holly and Messer have been appointed Sophie's guardians...even though they both have busy jobs and have never raised a child before. There is also the fact that they can't get along and the added bonus of Sophie's cute doctor, Sam, who likes Holly. 

Even though the concept of this movie has been done many times and of course had a predictable ending, I couldn't help but enjoy it.  Mishaps, that would probably not happen in real life, with the baby were funny (at one point Messer pushes Sophie down to keep her from walking for the first time before Holly gets there to see it) and the nosy neighbors that lived next to Alison and Peter's house were fun to watch. 
The movie felt longer than most chick flicks, I found myself shifting in my seat after the 90 minute mark, it's almost two hours long which is really no great stretch. 


It's predictable, unoriginal, and exaggerated. But it's also cute, sweet, somewhat funny, and great for just a day of relaxing.