The film is about the first anniversary, with chef Tom Solomon (Jason Seagull) planning to surprise his girlfriend, Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), through an engagement party. Things may change completely and events turn into a completely unexpected turn, as they continue to accelerate because they look forward to walking together.
Like Apatow's "Funny People," the film is an intentional hybrid: half gag comedy, half open-ended exploration of everything that can go wrong -- and occasionally right -- between two people whom nature, if not society, means to be together.
It's a bit over-stuffed, but the narrative does come full-circle and successfully balances charming comedy gags grounded in a memorable and contemporary love story.
You'd be challenged to laugh once during a two-hour-plus slog in which much of the intended hilarity resides in frequent utterances of the F-bomb, venison and Wham! posters.
