Tagline: There’s nothing better than a great romance… to ruin a perfectly good friendship.
A romantic comedy about romantic obstacles, A LOT LIKE LOVE takes a fresh, sophisticated and entirely modern look at falling in love. Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet star as a pair of dynamic, diametrically opposed twentysomethings — Oliver and Emily –whose initial fateful meeting sets off sparks… then seems to go nowhere. Over the next seven years, they will continue to meet. But is their relationship simply a good friendship? Is it destined to be yet another romantic disaster? Or is what they have between them something A LOT LIKE LOVE?
British director Nigel Cole — whose debut films “Saving Grace” and “Calendar Girls” became sleeper hits – brings to life the screenplay written by Colin Patrick Lynch, a Los Angeles based actor/playwright. The result is a unique twist on the romantic comedy, unfolding in an era of uncertainty and mobility that keeps young lovers questioning their every move.
It all begins as a young man and woman meet on a cross-country flight. Oliver (Kutcher) is a brand new college graduate with an airtight timeline for attaining his dreams of both business success and finding true love. Emily (Peet) is a bold free spirit drawn to spontaneity and wild extremes. wo different choices, two incompatible views on life. They may have hooked up for a brief moment, but Oliver and Emily clearly don’t belong together. Or do they?
Though they both move on, Oliver and Emily nevertheless can’t quite seem to completely let go. As the two bump into each other, year after year, in city after city, through changing careers and different relationships, there always seems to be plenty keeping them apart. And yet, there’s also something utterly inexplicable pulling them together. There’s something about the way they laugh together, they way they can talk to each other, the way they always seem to be there for one another when things are falling apart. So what keeps getting in the way of what could be romantic destiny? As Oliver and Emily set off on their own individual paths, a LOT LIKE LOVE moves across New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco — and down the hilariously meandering road of modern love.
A Lot Like Love is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole and starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. The screenplay by Colin Patrick Lynch focuses on two individuals whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years.
The film opened on 2,502 screens in the United States on April 22, 2005. It earned $7,576,593 on its opening weekend, ranking fourth after The Interpreter, The Amityville Horror, and Sahara. It eventually grossed $21,845,719 in the US and $21,041,000 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $42,886,719.
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A Lot Like Love (2005)
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Moon Bloodgood, Kathryn Hahn, Taryn Manning, Aimer Garcia, Molly Cheek, Sarah Ann Morris, Melissa van der Schyff, Theresa Spruill, Ali Larter, Molly Cheek
Screenplay by: Colin Patrick Lynch
Production Design by: Tom Meyer
Cinematography by: John de Borman
Film Editing by: Susan Littenberg
Costume Design by: Alix Friedberg
Set Decoration by: Meg Everist
Art Direction by: Denise Hudson
Music by: Alex Wurman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: April 22, 2005
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