When In Rome

In an imaginary world where coins become lucky when you throw them in a fountain, we find ourselves with a love story that includes magical love potions sending men chasing down Beth (Bell),our young "unlucky in love" event planner who unknowingly changed fate by pulling some coins out of the fountain. Soon after she is nearly hunted down by the likes of 4 suitors willing to do anything for her love. Unfortunately, the guys she has chasing her are not your typical "hunks" and their bizarre acts to show their love end up pushing her further into a strange magical world where the flip of a coin into a fountain REALLY meant something.
I went into this film expecting another "cookie-cutter" romantic comedy. Throw your plot, location, and actors in the mix and you get what we have been seeing the last 10 years or so. Same old story between a boy and a girl and same old happy ending. But don't forget that one final twist and you have yourself a romantic comedy. Fortunately I felt this film did have its own element of originality. They used a MAGIC SPELL to make the love story their own. Kristen Bell was the lead actress along with Josh Duhamel as her love interest and there was a surprisingly great cast of actors their to support the cause. Danny Devito, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett, Dax Sheperd. I want to say Jon Heder but after the movie Napoleon Dynamite he can NOT get out of that role in any movie he plays. We all know him as this guy and he has been forever type cast in all films that will ever be. So, in my opinion, he was a little bit annoying. I think that the cast overall though, can pick up the slack of the cheesy story-line and still entertain.

My Elementary Grading Scale: Progressing Satisfactorily
1-10: 7