P.S., I Love You

Sweethearts Holly (Swank) and Gerry (Butler) have their whole lives to lead when Gerry gets a terminal illness and dies. Holly, with the big '3-0' looming, is devastated. She starts to live again upon discovering that Gerry has left an elaborate scheme of notes and presents to be delivered, as if he's still there guiding her, with 'I love you' accompanying every note. A romantic comedy about grief, the script has one or two unexpectedly good lines and as a variation on Truly Madly Deeply, Richard LaGravenese's film neatly unravels the romance of two people taking the story back to the moment they met. But it's slightly creepy to believe Gerry would leave such a detailed plan of messages and deliveries from beyond the grave and more luck rather than contrivance that each one should be received by Holly in the way that Gerry would have hoped. [Matt Arnoldi]