Wendelin Van Drannen's story of love/not-love set in yesteryear arrives sweetly and simply for home audiences, recounting the tale of how Bryce (Callen McAuliffe) and Julianna (Madeline Carroll, Swing Vote) meet, circle each other, and must decide on how they'll proceed in "relationship." Rob Reiner's experience with The Bucket List and Stand By Me should make many viewers tune in, just to see what he has to show us about life here! Given that few male/female relationship movies are family-friendly, this one soars in its own simplicity, striving for something mature yet wholesome, and in the end, succeeding.

Bryce wants nothing to do with Julianna initially, and their boy-meets-girl circling finds itself surrounded by some reasonably entertaining bits, and the older actors who support them, like Anthony Edwards, Rebecca De Mornay, Aidan Quinn, Penelope Ann Miller, and John Mahoney. The adults add to the way that the story is framed, and we're able to focus in on these two young people and what their relationship looks like in contrast and comparison to each other individually.

I found myself thinking of other family films, like My Dog Skip, Because of Winn-Dixie, and even, My Girl. Thankfully, this one isn't depressing, but it's still a bit of a reach for some, to consider their first kiss or even their adolescence. It's not silly like Ramona & Beezus or as serious as My Girl, but it still provides us an opportunity to both reflect and to laugh. Finding true love means finding someone who gets you, who likes you and respects you the way that you are, and figures out who you are in their world, too. Even more remarkable in this one is the way that two people have their perspective of what is going on, and love finds them when they figure out how to work their perspectives together.

Adult relationships could learn quite a bit from these two younguns, and they might remember that the "chase" adds to the sweetness or the thrill of the relationship. When we stop seeing what we miss out on when we don't have the person we're with, we can lose sight of the relationship, and we need to regroup and gain the perspective. Sadly, I think that's how we treat God and church sometimes, too, that we think that don't need anything... and it's when we lose them, then we realize what we had or could have had in the first place.

Warner's Blu-ray pack includes some exclusive featurettes that viewers will enjoy, on subjects like "how to make a volcano," "hatching eggs," and "the differences between boys and girls." And then of course, there's a first kiss featurette. All of those sound pretty diverse, don't they? If you've seen the film, then you understand!