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Love Happens

Sometimes when you least expect it...

2009 · 1h 49m · PG-13 Drama, Romance
Directed by Brandon Camp

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Overview

Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.

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The sorrowing widower is a great subject for film romance; but the point is to let the girl have a proper crack at cheering him up. And, as always with love, a GSOH would help.

Nina Caplan, Time Out
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Is this a movie or a feature-length advertisement for Qwest? We're not just talking one product placement; this brand name is nearly omnipresent.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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Hang in there Jen. You can do better.

Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
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Other stuff happens too, all of it strained and dull.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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The film is part romance, part drama, part Seattle travelogue, with Washington emerging as the only true winner. Along with the benefactors of the movie's copious product placements, that is.

Adam Graham, Detroit News

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