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“Life as We Know It” Directed by Greg Berlanti Written by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas and the Clagett Triplets Rating: 0
Budding restaurateur Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric (Josh Duhamel) share one miserable mutual memory: a disastrous blind date engineered by two recently married mutual friends. They also act as godparents to the couple’s infant daughter Sophie (Alexis, Brynn and Brooke Clagett). The
couple dies suddenly in an acci- dent, leaving behind their baby and a will that calls for Holly and Josh to become Sophie’s caregivers. This might have worked as
a romantic drama, but honestly, what genius thought this maudlin excess could form the foundation of a Katherine Heigl romcom? Oh, yeah. Katherine Heigl. Along with her mother Nancy, the TV bred actress–who shares the same uncanny knack of selecting bad scripts as Jennifer Aniston–acted as the film’s executive producers. From the adorable little Smart Car Holly drives to little Sophie
tugging on gramps’ oxygen mask, all roads lead to cute. Holly and Eric even fight cute, mouthing F-bombs to ensure an audience friendly PG-13 rating. Given all the dirty diaper and projectile poop jokes, there are more scatological references in the first half of “Life as We Know It” than all of John Waters’ pre-MPAA films combined. When a lawyer informs the
improbable couple of their future as parental units they pause, run outside, bend over and gasp for air. Inexperienced director Greg Berlati stages their identical reactions in an identical manner. And cinematog-
San Diego Uptown News | October 15-28, 2010
17 All roads lead to cute overkill in ‘Life as We Know It’
rapher Andrew Dunn’s sandpaper imagery appears to be the byproduct of a dirty windshield doubling as a diffusion filter. What was Heigl the mogul to expect? Hopefully her
technicians worked cheap. It’s pretty much 100 percent for- mula: Bring ’em together then tear
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