A Lot Like Love is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon in. The plot follows Ashton Kutcher (in a role that showed his charm and charisma) and Amanda Peet in a series of fortuitously romantic run-ins spread out across 7 years that eventually blossom into something resembling love. The movie plays out more like a series of moments in time--a few slices of life, if you will--than a continuous story. I find it much more bold and interesting a movie given that it takes that risk; it doesn't tell its story in the safer, conventional manner that plagues average movies. Here, each character matures and changes without overt explanation. We are simply to assume that life has changed them, in the way that life changes people. There are some stale cinematography, some odd editing decisions, but all in all the movie is sweet and unassuming. The fact that it is exactly what you predict it to be makes no difference. No, this romantic comedy is not the movie to change your mind about romantic comedies. But I am beginning to think that the goal of many romantic comedies is not to change your mind about the genre, but rather just to serve as a pleasant way to spend an afternoon in.IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391304/