This film is definitely NOT a romantic comedy, or comedy, period. It is a drama and once again, the marketing is (was) completely off.
It is a okay movie, but very uneven in a lot of places. It is obvious it is a mix between "When Harry Met Sally" and a few others and I think this is why it is uneven. One minute you are laughing at some good, off-the-wall dialogue (like the "crazy pills" scene), but then the next scene is like a completely different movie that has nothing to do with romance (Oliver's career subplot) and I think this is where most of the problems lie: It doesn't know how to balance these two things together like other films do.
We know romantic dramas/comedies are predictable. What makes them unpredictable is the journey getting to the end result. Unfortunately, I think A Lot Like Love was trying to hard to be unpredictable, but then fell into the trap of being just that: Predictable... Because when everything is so "unromantic" nothing stands out because it isn't a romantic movie anymore. Does that make sense? :spineyes: