Critic score: 27/100 - User score: 8.2/10 - Charlize Theron plays a manic pixie dream girl who helps the overworked Keanu Reeves learn how to enjoy life. For those people who are sick of the manic pixie dream girl trope, you should probably skip this. Charlize Theron is aggressively a MPDG, though overall, the movie is very surprising.
What critics said: "Passes off pathological behavior as romantic bliss. It's about two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love." This is actually kind of true. This movie is brutal. It pretends it's a romantic comedy, and then it hits you with the sadness. I feel like this movie was preparing audiences for 'Marley and Me.' We had to build up our immunity to sadness before we were ready for dog's dying.