It's common to the point of universal in romcoms to have one party be one of the walking wounded which the other party at the last second sets right. It's rarer to have both wounded and both ending up setting the other right. SLP being one of the few.
In Man Up, she admits to her sad plight first. He does take a while, but there he is, suddenly and dramatically, sobbing about his own sad plight, on what the Brits call "the loo".
Their growing chumminess (prior to her being outed by the schoolmate from Hell and he being shaken by the soon-to-be-ex wife from Hell!) followed a compelling arc, and their conversation was fast and funny and increasingly buoyed up one another.
Where she figured out why they were in THAT bar was maybe the funniest line in the film. Each at times showed touches of real class. I'd bank on them making it.
In Man Up, she admits to her sad plight first. He does take a while, but there he is, suddenly and dramatically, sobbing about his own sad plight, on what the Brits call "the loo".
Their growing chumminess (prior to her being outed by the schoolmate from Hell and he being shaken by the soon-to-be-ex wife from Hell!) followed a compelling arc, and their conversation was fast and funny and increasingly buoyed up one another.
Where she figured out why they were in THAT bar was maybe the funniest line in the film. Each at times showed touches of real class. I'd bank on them making it.
