Life As We Know It - A Movie Review

I laughed.
Then I cried.
Then I laughed some more.

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT


Katherine Heigl (Holly) & John Duhamel (Messer) have brilliant onscreen chemistry - or lack there of. The two are set up on a blind date by their married best friends. It goes utterly and completely wrong, in fact they don't even leave the drive way...

Their married best friends later have a daughter Sofie - which brings Holly & Messer together again and again. A tragedy occurs and forces the two together taking care of baby Sofie.

Holly has a fabulous wardrobe and is a pastry chef with a great little shop. A great strong and fashionable female character .

A story of growth, love, sorrow, happiness and how life isn't always in our control.

Here's the trailer for you to get a little taste...

Such a good Holiday Vacation/Snow Day flick.

This plaque from mbartstudios sums it up nicely...

Have you seen the movie? What did you think?

Top 5 Sandra Bullock Movies

I am a sucker for Sandra Bullock movies. I think it's because of that girl next door charm that she just oozes. And from a member of the girl next door club, that makes us very proud!

I put together a list of my personal top 5 movies that Sandra has been involved with. There is no particular order because I love each one for a different reason...

Practical Magic
I just love this movie - how cool to eat chocolate cake for breakfast and use magic everyday... I could live without that part about the men you fall in love with having an untimely death...

This print from perchtmilk makes me think about Practical Magic...

Speed
I'm not going to lie... This might be the worst movie of all time and that is precisely why I love it. My favorite line happens after they run over a baby carriage in the speeding bus. Sandra's character is panicking while Keanu Reeves character notices something "CANS! It wasn't a baby the buggy was only full of cans!"

This wristlet from jstephens13 reminds me of the bus in Speed!

While You Were Sleeping
This is such a wonderful, romantic movie about a very sad woman who finds love by accidently saving a man's life. Sandra's character is this sad woman who works as a ticket taker...

Although she wasn't in charge of vintage metro tickets, these tags from BlancEtCaramel are very neat!

Miss Congeniality
Beauty pageant drama is taken to the next level when there is a threat to kill the contestants. Enter, Sandra's character, a not so girly FBI agent who goes undercover to save the day!

A vintage 1920s tiara fit for a beauty queen! From CRBoggsDesigns

The Blind Side
I never thought I would become so involved in a movie about football. Okay, so maybe it's more about family and growth, but still, there's a whole lot of football involved. This is based on the true story of a family who takes in a homeless teen, Michael Orr. Sandra plays the mother, who is an interior designer (yay!!!) in this movie and she is fabulous as she supports a boy who becomes a football player in the NFL!

Sandra's character in the movie gives Michael Orr his first bed to sleep in, this is the part of the movie where I balled. This great bed frame is by kitschnkaboodle

What is your favorite Sandra Bullock movie?

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