Gervais is always funny to watch, and this film was no exception. He had me laughing out loud throughout the entire thing, which rarely happens in traditional rom-coms. They did, however, keep to the traditional elements of the genre, both visually and narratively. The story held the familiar set-ups and pay-offs, and the next-thing-coming was usually guessable. I give the film credit, though, for surprising me on more than one occasion--for subtle twists that delivered just the right amount of innovation to the conventional.
three and a half.
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