The Romantics is a 2010 romantic comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Galt Niederhoffer, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film.

A group of seven college friends reunite after six years for a wedding. Things go awry when the maid of honor, Laura, (Katie Holmes) and the bride, Lila (Anna Paquin), clash over the groom, Tom (Josh Duhamel), with whom Laura was once romantically involved. As Laura, Lila, and Tom all try to decipher their emotions, the film explores all of the relationships of people in and around the circle of friends that met those years ago.

Now that we are all up to spec. This is a slow, mundane, boring directorial piece. It does not go very far, if anywhere. It makes no qualms about that either. There are a few touching moments where the acting feels like it is in a good groove, then the movie’s pace seems to kill it one way or another. I found the floundering around to also explore the ending…which is a floundering ending if there ever was one. I, highly suggest avoiding wasting your time with this…unless you are in desperate need of a chick flick that doesn’t do much. It is supposed to be a character study, the only thing I found myself studying while watching this was my watch and how much time was left in this film.

Others may enjoy…I found this to be a non-moving overly thought out work. 4/10