PS I Love You Movie Review

I may have mentioned a few hundred several times on here that I absolutely love the work of writer Cecelia Ahern. She writes chick-lit kind of books but they have such a realism and depth to them that I am in absolute awe of her talents as a writer. Not surprisingly Hollywood have picked up on her talent and a number of her books are being made into movies. The first one to have been released was ‘PS I Love You' a tale about love, loss and learning to move on with your life. I was sceptical about the cast of the movie at first, it's always different when you have read the book and get a mental image in your head about what the characters should look or sound like and when I heard that Hilary Swank would be playing the lead role of Holly I was extremely worried that this could ruin the experience of one of my favourite books forever. None the less I gave the film the benefit of the doubt and went to watch it with a group of friends a while back and thought I'd post and let you know my views of the film. First of all let me just say that Hilary Swank completely surprised me and did a great job of playing Holly, I have only seen her in serious roles before so to see her play such a down to earth and often comedic role was refreshingly different and really worked! The gorgeous Gerard Butler played Holly's husband Gerry who dies early on in the movie, and leaves her a series of beautiful notes to help her move on with her life without him. Butler is absolutely hilarious as Gerry, theres no doubt this film has been very much treated to the Hollywood effect, as the book was nowhere near as funny or silly in places but somehow it just works. I found myself forgetting about the book version and almost as if I was watching a film I had never even heard anything about before because it was THAT different. There was plenty of eye candy for us girls in the film, we not only have Gerard Butler but there is also the other love interests who come in the form of James Marsters as John, Harry Connick Jr as Daniel and the rather lovely Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Billy. Fans of Grey's Anatomy will remember him in the insanely popular role of ‘Denny'. I would absolutely advise that whether you have read the book or not, you go and see this film with an open mind. It is funny, moving and the perfect movie for a girlie night out with friends. If you wait until next month the DVD will also be available to rent so that makes it even more perfect for a night in with some junk food. Don't forget the tissues as this really is a bit of a weepie!