I must admit that I don't understand why the critics hated Did You Hear About the Morgans? so much. I'm not a fan of Hugh Grant or Sarah Jessica Parker but their characterization of the married Morgans, Paul and Meryl, is pretty hilarious. The urban couple, happily married before Paul slept with someone else, finds themselves in countrified Wyoming, searching for meaning and hoping to avoid the murderer who is out to get them. What follows is an exercise in city slickers surviving the wild, with extra helpings of love-on-the-rocks and criminal pursuits.

Grant's cynical wit is hysterical, whether he's battling the whole-meat diet of the U.S. Marshal couple, the Wheelers (Sam Elliot and Mary Steenburgen), or eluding the bear that sneaks up on him after a jog. It's rip-roaringly funny from time to time, and unlike some of the other romantic comedies out there, the sketches actually flow from set to set until we get to the ending. So, merely from an entertainment perspective, it's hard not to laugh at these two fish out of water, whether you like the City Slickers aspects or the Kindergarten Cop ones.

But regardless of why you rented the movie in the first place, it's hard to ignore the central strain of the story: that Paul and Meryl have lost sight of who they are and what they mean to each other. The crimes of passion that they unload on their spouse, when they're really hurting from their inability to have children and lack of time for each other, highlights our own shortcomings as individuals and partners to others. What really hurts runs deep, and how we respond is often based on shallow situations that aren't of any importance. As Bill Cosby said, "hurt people hurt people."

The Fosters nee Morgans find themselves realizing that they must actively work on their marriages, seriously and hysterically. They're aided by the country Wheelers (who steal every scene they're in) in finding out what it means to be married and in love, and in finding themselves again. "Love is patient, love is kind, it keeps no record of wrongs," I Corinthians 13 says, and it's those spiritual truths that the Morgans find in the midst of their wilderness wanderings. Seriously, they become the incarnate versions of "you have to lose your life to find it."

In the end, director Marc Lawrence has had his hand in Miss Congeniality, The Out-of-Towners remake, and a few Grant films (Music & Lyrics, Two Weeks Notice), so it's hard to figure out why critics couldn't stand this one. It's more of the same, with funny, and cute, and excitement, all mixed up in the dough that makes it rise. And love seekers will find the various stages of love renewal that the Morgans discover, like gift-giving, listening, dating, and more.

Maybe, in finding out what happened to the Morgans, you'll discover yourself... or at least a few pointers for use in pursuing the love of your life or rekindling love that seems to be burning out.