Uma Thurman has done the whole bride in a movie thing before... but that wasn't as doe-eyed as the role of Dr. Emma Lloyd, a radio talkshow host in New York City. She's like the Delilah of the daytime (not an ironic reference to the woman from the Bible of the same name) who ends up cross-wise with a firefighter, Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan.) Oh, and did I mention, that Emma's talkshow is all about love?

Emma gives advice to Sullivan's fiance and she drops him faster than a bag of hot bricks. He and his computer-whiz sidekick (one of many stereotypical members of his posse) rig her record to reflect a previous marriage, and thus jam up her impending wedding to Richard (Colin Firth). What ensues is a conflict between the rough-around-the-edges Patrick and the self-confident, and smug, Emma, who doles out advice about love like an expert, even if she's never really experienced it herself. What follows is a treatise on real love versus fantasized love, what you need versus what you get, and what you should desire versus what you've seen in the movies. And yes, all of this is in a movie, thus compounding the lesson.

Emma really has been "preaching" on something that she's never experienced and Patrick's love for her breaks into her safe bubble and forces her to consider something different than what she's ever known. The truth is that life isn't safe and quaint and equitable, and love is no different. Love is patient, kind, and persevering, and that's what we learn through the lives of Emma and Patrick. It is funny to "learn" from Morgan after Watchmen, but the responsibilities of each character grows with their experience together.

The points are pretty basic: don't be somebody you're not, don't claim to know something you don't, don't ignore love before it even begins. All of this is about embracing who you are and who you are called to be without being fake or posturing for others. All of this is about embracing life to the fullest and diving in, and having a little fun in the process.