Love Happens

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  • Opened September 18, 2009 
  • 1 hr 49 min
  • PG-13 | sexual references and language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • Dr. Burke Ryan (Eckhart) is on the precipice of a major multimedia deal, but the therapist who asks his patients to openly confront their pain is secretly unable to take his own advice. Eloise Chandler (Aniston) has sworn off men and decided to focus on her floral business. However, when she meets Burke at the hotel where he's speaking, there is an instant attraction. But will two people who have met the right person at exactly the wrong time be able to give love another chance? As each struggles with the hurt of love and loss, they realize that in order to move forward, they need to let go of the past. And if they can, they'll find that, sometimes, love happens when you least expect it. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer
  • Director: Brandon Camp
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Calvin Wilson

Although the film begins promisingly, it proves to be little more than a soap opera. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

Delivers all the pain, melodrama and redemption that fans of the genre demand. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

Love Happens announces itself as a romantic comedy but doesn't speak the language of love. Instead, it trades in the slogans of self-help procedural. Read full review

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Jennifer Aniston in "Love Happens."