Movie Monday

This past Monday, I watched a movie. I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but to me it is. I never have the time to just relax and watch a movie, I don't even watch TV. I had a really bad weekend and all I could think about was being home in just 36 short hours. I thought the best way to pass the time, and distract myself from any ideas of home would to be to watch a movie. So that's what I did.

I watched The Rebound, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. This romantic comedy was exactly what I needed to clear my head. It was funny, yet heart-warming, predictable, yet satisfying. In the movie, newly single mom Sandy moves to New York City after finding out her husband had been cheating on her. After renting the apartment above a local coffee shop, she asks barista Aram Finklestein to babysit for her so she can go on a blind date. After series of failed blind dates, Sandy realizes she's looking for love in all the wrong places.

Sandy starts to see Aram, her male nanny many years younger than her. It seems weird, but their relationship actually worked out for a while. Sandy would go to work while Aram would stay with her kids. At the end of they day, they would all get together just like a family. Of course, it wouldn't be a movie without conflict, Sandy and Aram eventually broke up.

Though the ending was predictable (they got back together), I enjoyed it. It was a great way to clear my head and focus on something other than school. Though I wasted two hours of my life, it was well worth it.