The Reality of Love (2004)

Ridiculous film where two swinging college graduates move out to California and one becomes a movie star and the other his manager.As 10 years pass, the star's popularity is decreasing so it is determined that there will be a television show where women will compete for his affection. The film is obnoxious and ridiculous. The girls who vie for lover boy are made to look foolish. Only one girl seems to be the choice of the producer of the show. She is really an amateur up against some of the other women, but she is wholesome and brings good ratings to the show as well.By the third scene you realize that the manager is falling for her.We know that Ryan really was meant to be a bachelor. While the ending is somewhat cute, you really know where this was going.

I had seen the previews for this and decided to watch it just for some giggles. Unfortunately, I really didn't laugh much. This was a cute movie, there is absolutely nothing bad to say, it's predictable and maybe a little corny but certainly not unwatchable.But it wasn't all that funny. There was also absolutely no romantic chemistry between anyone so that took away from it. This really isn't my type of thing but I tuned in thinking they were really gonna do a satire on reality TV or something. To an extent they did. And the twist at the end was sweet-though it would have been better if it had been believable in any way. I saw another romantic comedy(also with a terrible title) called "win a date with tad Hamilton' around this same time and that one was in the theater. That was much much much better and had more of the humer I really appreciate. This was passable-a decent way to pass the time-but left me with a slightly unsatisfied feeling-I really wish they'd gone more into depth on reality TV in a comedic sense then making this just another romantic comedy-it worked for another Hollywood satire "America's sweethearts'. But in that case, the characters all had a lot more chemistry and hammed it up more. This was OK, as mentioned, there was just something missing. I'd say about a 5.5 out of 10.

After viewing a few scenes of this picture, I soon realized who was going to be the finalist. It was a cute, simple minded type of film, very down to earth about a humble waitress/bartender trying to rise above her position in life who had great qualities for being a great lover, wife and mother of your children. Emma Caulfield(Charlie),"Darkness Falls,"'03, gave a great performance to her role along with Bradley Cooper,(Todd Doherty),"Carnival Knowledge",'02. It was interesting to see how the actors were able to have their lines read to them with ear pieces, no cue cards were necessary at all and it made acting look real easy! Jason Priestly(Ryan Banks),"Die Mommie Die",'03 did not impress me in this film, but maybe that was the way he was suppose to play his role. Nice light minded film to sit back and enjoy if you CAN!!

I just finished watching it and was very entertained. It was so fun. We set TIVO to record it last week and were bored tonight to watch it tonight; I'm so glad I did! Only a few things could be changed (editing, cinematography, lighting) and it could be in the theaters.I absolutely loved the fact that the host made snide remarks to the "Losers". That was great!