Made in 2009, it’s a free spirited movie made right after Travolta’s kid died, and released right after Bernie Mac died from sarcoidosis complications; they both get appropriate dedications in the final credits. An interesting point of fact: they had to shave Robin’s chest for a few scenes of this movie, and considering I know how hairy that guy is, I can only imagine how harry that clipper room was after they were done! The basic story is that a guy (robin’s character) is starting to miss an old flame, she shows up with kids, he rolls with it, and everyone gets a seemingly factory made family movie with too many “gay dad” jokes, too many pop songs, and a resolution that’s just too sappy to even hold in my memory for longer than it took to write this review.
All that being said, on a budget of just $30m, it made $96 theatrically and another $35m on the home market.
It’s not really a recommendable movie, but if you’re either a Travolta or Williams fan, it’s not a bad distraction.
