Sierra Donovan

If you expect a carbon copy of the classic romantic comedies Meg Ryan did in the '90s, you may be disappointed; However, there's a lot to like. From the get-go, the interaction between Ryan and David Duchovny feels realistic and natural. They play two exes who run into each other in an airport, not sure at first whether or not they want to acknowledge seeing each other. Their conversations start off warm and awkward, then go to stiff and awkward, until at first they try to let their chance encounter peter out without any complications. But then bad weather leaves them stranded at the airport, and they find themselves getting down to the bones of what went wrong with their relationship. In short, this movie breaks the expected rules: We're not sure if these characters are meant to be together or not. I'm fine with that. It's more realistic, especially when you're dealing with characters who have lived a while longer and no longer necessarily expect happy endings. What I was a little less sure about was the choice to turn the airport into a sort of surreal no-man's-land, where Ryan and Duchovny sometimes appear to be the only two people in the airport, and the announcements to passengers turn into messages from a sort of omniscient voice from above. But overall, I was really pleased with this more complicated view of relationships in later life. If you're willing to work with something a little bit outside the box, I encourage you to check this movie out. Just don't pick on it for not being a twin to the movies Ryan made 25 years ago.