Love Happens 愛上妳，愛上我

The film follows Burke, played by Aaron Eckhart, as a widowed self-help guru destined to meet Eloise (Aniston) a conveniently soon-to-be single florist in Seattle, the town where his late wife's family resides.

Co-written by Camp and Mike Thompson, the story follows Eloise as she helps Burke release his built-up anguish. Although the film tries valiantly to steer clear of the romantic genre's pitfalls, mostly avoiding cheesy comedy, it drags audiences through the rest.

Burke is a best-selling therapist and grief guru returning to Seattle for a counseling seminar to promote his book. His visit is much improved when he smacks into Eloise in his hotel, and discovers her intriguing yet peculiar word games. She'll occasionally write an unusual word like "quidnunc" on the wall behind a painting as a sort of hobby. Burke finds this intriguing and pursues her.

Funny it may seem, but this is serious business, and “Love Happens” doesn't dare poke fun at Burke's line of work, or his crises of newfound celebrity. His own despair over a fatal car accident involving his wife has distorted his perspective, and while some may require group therapy to overcome life's obstacles, for Burke it only takes a florist.

While Eckhart's charisma gives the feature its much-needed topspin, Aniston is well short of the baseline, and her back-hand comments fail to make this romance a believable one. Her comfort zone, the twinkly-eyed Rachel from “Friends,” is on display once again; while this is nice, the performance does not captivate.

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