

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
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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