
In Manhattan, successful executive Jack is a methodical, controlled man with simple habits who works in an advertisement agency with his coworker George. While smoking a cigarette on the agency building's roof, Jack meets aspiring actress Jill who has just arrived in New York and is seeking a job. He sympathizes with her situation and gives her name to a Klubendorf commercial in the campaign promoted by his agency. When he takes Jill home, he finds that she lives in a very lo... (Full plot summary below)
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In Manhattan, successful executive Jack is a methodical, controlled man with simple habits who works in an advertisement agency with his coworker George. While smoking a cigarette on the agency building's roof, Jack meets aspiring actress Jill who has just arrived in New York and is seeking a job. He sympathizes with her situation and gives her name to a Klubendorf commercial in the campaign promoted by his agency. When he takes Jill home, he finds that she lives in a very low-budget hotel, so he invites her to stay in the guest room of his fancy apartment for a while. Jack cheers up during her stay, and she proposes that they collaborate on a manifesto with "Be Honest" as Rule #1. However, she keeps something from Jack: she's ill with cystic fibrosis and only has a few years left. When Jack discovers her secret, he feels betrayed that she betrayed their own first rule, and they split up. But Jack soon sets out to look for Jill and bring her back.
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| VarietyPeter DebrugeParise no doubt intends the pic's attention to the disease -- plus animal adoption and fair trade coffee -- to be socially enlightening, but it feels suspiciously like sympathy-mongering. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...ultimately establishes itself as an affable endeavor that benefits substantially from the charismatic work of its two leads. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerWritten, directed, acted-in and produced by Parise, she's proven her creds as a one-woman employment agent. But, by now, she should be picking up that directing is a weak spot. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleBubbly to the point of indigestion and mechanical about ticking off the romantic trajectory. |
| L.A. WeeklySam SweetMore farce might have served the film well; as Parise draws from a playbook of medical melodrama and romantic-comedies clichés, her moral about living outside the box becomes harder and harder to swallow. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisAchieves the holy trinity of painful earnestness, combining cute animals, sick teenagers and an idealistic belief in love and goodness that's actually deceptively judgmental. |
| User ReviewJeremy RI enjoyed this movie. Just sit back & enjoy the movie and do not look much into so you can enjoy it!! If you do that with all movies you might enjoy more movies!! |
| User ReviewAmanda CI loved this movie. and the fact that it's the first film that has focused on the reality of Cystic Fibrosis made me smile =) |
| User ReviewRhonda ZI loved this movie...it made me laugh and cry...lol...very heart warming and just fun to watch! |
| User ReviewDeena DVery cute and romantic..Reminded me of A Walk to Remember..Autumn in New York and Sweet November all at once ! |