Return to Me (2000)

Short: A widower (David Duchovny) falls for the recipient (Minnie Driver) of his wife's (Joley Richardson) heart.

Yet another great movie from the year 2000. Good year.

What a fabulous romantic comedy. All the confusion and nervousness and meddling friends/relatives is great. Alright, it's sad at the beginning, but it has to be in order to set you up for the comedy in the rest of the film. It's so sweet, romantic, with a kick sound track. Exactly the way women and men deserve to be romanced.

Bonnie Hunt should definitely direct more movies. Her directorial debut has some of the best comedic elements I've seen in ages, just like under-rated Hunt herself. She's just hilarious and should make more movies. She's also credited with story and screenplay, and we should be so lucky to see more of her name in the future.

Driver and Duchovny are perfect in this attractive movie. The best, though, are Hunt and James Belushi as Driver's best friends, and Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Eddie Jones, and William Bronder as these four old men who play cards and argue. They are hilarious. Oh, they run a restaurant. An Irish-Italian restaurant. Yes, that is a source of much of the humour. What's your point?

Honestly, though, a romantic comedy as romantic comedies are meant to be. I know I've said that before, but I am forced to say it again. It's done too well not to say it.