love seeing girly movies, mostly they have disappointed me or been just okay. This one was better than all the rest.

start arriving--from Gerry. He spaces the letters about a month apart and in each letter he teaches Holly how to get on with the business of living.Her ensuing adventures with best friends, Lisa Kudrow and Lisa Gershon are hilarious. Along the way, she meets Harry Connick, Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan who played Denny in Grey's Anatomy . The supporting cast is wonderful especially the hilarious Lisa Kudrow . The movie is very funny, much more funny than sad. And Gerard Butler is quite terrific in it and I am not just saying that because I am a fan . He is romantic, sexy, and just plain sweet. The striptease scene alone is worth the price of admission. I never laughed so hard.Hilary Swank is very, very good. She and Gerry have really great chemistry. In the scenes they have together, you totally see how much in love they are with each other and why Holly is so bereaved when he dies. Although the movie does stray from the book at times, in my opinion it's an improvement. For example, Gerard Butler is not only in the first 10 minutes or so of the movie, but he is also in it quite a bit through flashbacks and such. Plus you get to hear him sing which he has not done in a movie since "The Phantom of the Opera" .So if you get a chance this holiday season, go see this wonderful romantic, funny movie. You will love it! Amy V.

hadn't been cut out of the film.

reviewer said to keep the boyfriends/husbands home, these people obviously have not faced such tragic circumstances. Usually I'd be the first to tear apart a click flick, but this didn't feel as cliché as most and I liked how the ending wasn't as predictable as click flick movies usually are.

never forces the humor, completely natural. She embodies a humanity and spirit in Holly that makes her vulnerable and funny in the story's context. Gerald Bulter is boldly charming as Holly's late husband Gerry, the Irishman full of life and dreams. Swank and Butler have a wondrous chemistry that smooths out the rougher edges of LaGravenese and Steve Rogers screenplay based on the novel by Wendy Finerman.Even with its over wrought indulgences, "P.S. I Love You" rewards the narrative payoff. Wisely on the part of LaGravenese and Rogers, the catharsis opts for the lyrical and realm of possibility. The performances are stellar. Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates is awesome as Holly's mother Patricia. Seeing fellow Oscar Winner Swank and Bates together is truly something special. There is a heartbreaking scene where Swank's Holly breaks down to her mother saying, "I'm alone!" Later Bates's Patrica says to her daughter, "…If you're all alone, we're all together with you in that, too." So even with its intentional quirks and cheesy trappings-- all is forgiven, because ultimately "P.S. I Love You" is about the courage to love again and live life.As "P.S" opens Holly is furious that Gerry told her mother at dinner that they are not planning on having kids right now. Although accurate, Holly is still livid. Holly laments that she is waiting for her life to start. Gerry reminds, "We are in life…" Transparent to us: Gerry and Holly are soul mates—the great love of each other's life. Fast forward several months, Gerry has died of a brain tumor. After the wake, Holly discovers that Gerry has arranged for the delivery of his letters all making requests of Holly. Unable or perhaps unwilling to move on after her loss, this may not be the best thing for Holly. Or is it a way for Holly to discover life anew? Much of the movie's charm derives from Holly's trip to Gerry's Irish homeland, and her loyal friends. Lisa Kudrow plays Denise, Holly's gal pal who is crassly determined to hunt down a single, straight, and employed man—a crusade seemingly more difficult than it seems. Kudrow is at her scattered and hysterical best. Hot and sexy Gina Gershon plays other gal pal Sharon. Gershon is deceivingly strong and smart with the apparently vapid Sharon, who really possesses a depth of character. In a surprising moment in what initially feels like a frivolously long fishing scene with all three women, reminds Holly that her friends are moving on with their lives. Holly's trip to Ireland is a beautiful interlude that represents an eloquent return to the traditional and solid. Here LaGravenese brilliantly orchestrates his story of love everlasting and regret. Hilary Swank amazingly balances the suffering and resolute spirit in Holly. She too is brilliant and absolutely beautiful. Her smile just lights up your soul, and her anguish strikes an emotional chord. Gerald Butler is at his charismatic best. Butler also expertly tempers his charm with a touching and gentle compassion."P.S. I Love You" is one of the best romantic comedies in a long while, that has a great love story. Richard LaGravenese tells a wistful and touching tale with amazing performances and chemistry by Hilary Swank and Gerald Butler. Take a chance on "P.S. I Love You".

of her husband through letters that he'd written for her teaching her how to live and remember how to be happy with herself. All in all, I'd say it was a great film. It was one of those film that can make you smile, scream, laugh and cry and the writers capture the audiences emotions beautifully. The writer has clearly gone through the same situation of losing a loved one because if I'm not mistaken, I do recall hearing my grandmother going through the same emotions that Swank's character was going through after her own husband passed away. The acting in the film is perfectly done. Butler, though he can't hold an Irish accent very well, plays the role of a goofball perfectly, especially in his striptease scene and when he was watching his wife sing a sexy karaoke tune poor guy was trying to contain himself while covering Marsters' eyes . Swank is also hilarious and in a scene when she's crying in an emotional breakdown, she plays it more realistically than I have ever seen on film. What is also great about the film is that it rebels against most romantic comedies by practically spoofing typical chick-flick events, which was a great relief to me, since the recycled plots that I see in too many films and books nowadays *cough*Enchanted*cough* gets more than just annoying. Out of ten, I will give it a nine because the only problem I had with the film was Butler's accent. Other than that, it was a great film with a well-chosen cast and a well-written script.

character had died, but P.S. I Love You brings that feeling several times over. It is so relatable- how would we act if we were completely grief-stricken with nothing to comfort us? I love this movie- both my friend that saw it with me and myself fully intend on buying it on DVD when it is released. Highly recommended. Don't forget Kleenex! *Kudos to Kudrow who is freaking hilarious!*

something for a film to do that for me. Certainly the film is not your traditional love story because the main characters' romance begins with one of them dying. But the film makers still weave this beautiful, touching story with some great performances and a new romance blooming in the background without ever infringing or depreciating the original romance. In some ways it could be described as a little shallow and without a lot of content but it's meant to make you feel good in a very dark comedy kind of way. They poke fun at death a little bit and come out with some seemingly crude off color humor but it fits into the story just perfectly.Multiple Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank plays Holly Kennedy, the happily married, financially struggling wife who finds herself a widow before too long. Devastated and depressed she finds herself on an obscure adventure set up by her husband before he died. It's really a self discovering trip and Swank has a certain likability and it works really well for this film because she carries a lot of the story and the romance single handedly. She does very well. Gerard Butler is handsome and adorable as her husband Gerry. Butler and Swank do have terrific chemistry which is absolutely pertinent for this type of film obviously. Butler does a lot of voice work and his deep masculine voice works well for the film. The supporting cast around the couple is really the soul of this film because even though their parts are small they all work really well together and they are a terrific ensemble cast. Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters so cool to see him on the big screen---been a big fan since Buffy days and Jeffrey Dean Morgan is terrific and equally as great a presence as Butler is. Honestly I could have done without Harry Connick Jr. as Swank's first love interest. I thought he was kind of goofy and out of place in the film although he redeems himself a little later on in the film. And finally an honorable mention to the incomparable Kathy Bates as Swank's mother. She has her own little back story and she is really terrific and just ups the ante of the cast immediately. I wish she'd do more on screen!! The film jumps around from flash backs including some beautiful Irish scenery , to voice over letter reading to karaoke scenes, fishing, and some very good physical comedy. The one liners and some of the comedy is a little dark and you almost wonder if you should be laughing at it but they deal with love and death in a very open and unhindered way and its very refreshing and a different approach to the romance genre. The cast is great and the romance is well dealt with and considering how they set up this intense and passionate romance between Butler and Swank they still make you enjoy her new romance in the horizon and not feel any animosity for her moving on. I also have to give them HUGE kudos to the ending because I was thoroughly disappointed with what I thought the ending would be and they completely surprised me and I loved it. So ignore all the harsh critics and enjoy this really cute and fun and a little dark date movie that anyone can have fun with. And if you're wondering when my eyes welled up it was the scene when she doing Karaoke and everyone else faded away and her husband was sitting there listening to her...got me...right here. Go see it. 8.5/10

scary is it? I think the reason I love this film is that everyone could relate to it, wither you've been: widowed, divorced, left by a relative or friend, or had a bad break up, this movie expresses all the emotions and hard times that you'll go through, but to remember that it's OK to live again.Holly had a wonderful husband, Gerry, even though they fought quite a bit, he was the one love of her life, and due to a brain tumor, he was taken so quickly from her. At the young age of 30, she has to rediscover what it is to go on without him, but to her surprise, she receives letters from Gerry that he wrote to her before he passed away. Leading her to have the courage and strength to do what she didn't think she could do before, and most of all love and live again.Hilary Swank and Gerald Butler have this dead on chemistry that makes the film work so well. Gerry's letters to Holly were so touching, I usually hate the sappy stuff, but this was just a sweet movie that will touch anyone's heart and also make them laugh at the same time. Kathy Bate's speech at the end with Hilary Swank was so true about how hard it is after being alone and having to learn to live again, it's a strange feeling, it's almost like learning to breathe again. P.S. I Love You is a great movie, I do recommend it, it's just a decent movie that is more than worth your time, it doesn't over kill on anything, just makes you feel good.8/10