Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.
Acting
Eckhart's trembling-lip commitment to man-who-cries-in-cars
Production
Aggressive Pacific Northwest grey aesthetic, very 2009
Writing
The cockatoo subplot deserves its own prestige TV adaptation
Director
Brandon Camp
Aaron Eckhart
Burke
Jennifer Aniston
Eloise Chandler
Dan Fogler
Lane
Judy Greer
Marty
Martin Sheen
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Deirdre Blades
Shirley, Burke's Mother-in-Law
John Carroll Lynch
Walter
Sasha Alexander
Jessica
Frances Conroy
Eloise's Mom
Joe Anderson
Tyler
Clyde Kusatsu
Cab Driver
Panou
Unicom Executive
Michael Kopsa
Unicom CEO
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brandon Camp co-wrote the script and directed; his father Joe Camp created the Benji films, making this a bizarre family pivot to adult melodrama.
This arrived at peak 'sad handsome man saved by manic pixie florist' era—The Good Girl, Elizabethtown, and Garden State had already happened, making this a late, forgettable wave.
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