This was a great movie, not Oscar-caliber by any means, but a great, fun, enjoyable and entertaining film nevertheless. The movie begins with a great-action sequence involving two best friends and CIA agents, FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) going after the bad guys, eventually killing one of them, but not his brother, who will be out for revenge. However, because the mission was supposed to be covert, their boss (a chilly Angela Bassett, great in her small role) benches them, forcing them to their desks.
Then there is Lauren, a sweet, lovable, and for some unknown reason, single woman. It is her best friend, Trish (a trashy Chelsea Handler, who makes the movie funny with her crass jokes), that puts up Lauren's profile on a dating website. It is through the website that she hooks up with Tuck, but later that evening has a meet-cute with FDR. And thus, she begins dating both of them, but for the most part, it is only dating them. And each guy comes up with some cute dates, both of them want to end up with her, but they know that only one of them can. It nearly tears up the guy's friendship.
In the end, Lauren ends up choosing one of them, but only after finding out that each guy knew about the other, and knew that both of them were seeing her. In addtion to this, each guy knew that the other was spying on Lauren, tapping her cell phone, because of 'national security' reasons, and as FDR promptly answers, "Patriot Act." Lauren goes paint balling with Tuck, a dog shelter with FDR, trapeze jumping with Tuck and fancing dining all-around. And then, she meets the families: FDR's grandmother (Rosemary Harris) who greatly delights in the fact that her grandson has finally brought a girl for her to meet, and Tuck's young son, Joe. And both occasions go well. But Lauren has to choose, so Trish proposes that she has a sex tie-breaker.
Lauren does choose, only after a nasty battle with the bad, guy brother. Lauren chooses FDR, and Tuck is happy, mainly because he gets back together with his ex-wife, Katie (Abigail Leigh Spencer), who finds him attractive once again after his true colors are revealed, he, his wife and son are one, big, happy family again. FDR and Lauren are also moving on with their relationship, by the end, they are engaged, and then FDR drops another bomb on Tuck, leaving the end with a cliffhanger, but it was still a great ending, considerably better than The Vow.
Though the film combines tons of genres, including romance, action and rauchy sex-comedy, but it blends together fairly well, and the performances are a bit more than acceptable. My one major problem with the film are the names of the two main male characters, FDR, seriously that is an awful nicknamed, while at least Tuck is a decent one, but come on, screenwriters, pick better names for your characters. Still a great movie, and if you and your boyfriend can only see one film on your date, pick this one over The Vow. Grade: B
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