An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a "foolish" fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter and a self-admiring model. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Before we begin, can the JV Crew just ask, who else feels that Kristin Bell looks a lil' weird or off in this film? What we meant was that in her previous films, she was romantic, funny, bubbly, petite, vivacious, cute, blazingly stunning and carried herself with a little more flair and glamour. In this film, she looks bed-raggled most of the time and frantically typical. The only reason why most of us still feels she is alright is cuz the rest of the females characters simply looks disastrous and it made Bell stand out pretty much like a thorn in the shrub.
The scenery is dull and the romance is a boring ride--neither the places nor people offer much to write home about. Aimless and ambling along, this is a rom-com that seems totally random. Most scenes were typically boring and the lines were predictable to some extent. Unless you are deeply traumatized and bruised by love, and wanting to enjoy a little on-screen love affair or ridiculous nature, don't bother with this film. 
Despite the appeal of its co-stars, this romantic comedy is undermined by over-the-top performances from some of its actors as well as the movie's frantic pace.It is neither deep nor intelligent, but it's not intended to be either. Don't bother to look for intellectual love, deep-rooted romance and thoughtful provocation of the spirited mind, you will not only find the lack thereof, but end up with multiple self-inflicted knife wounds you did to yourself to divert your mind off the lunacy and boredom of the film. The saving grace of the otherwise generic product is that Bell's vivacity and Duhamel's rakish charm allow the viewer to root for them. Pretty much everything else fizzles up as time passed agonizingly by.
This may be a romantic comedy, but for $10 a pop, it is a brainless, fizzy, pathetic-comedy fair- tale filibuster, with a roster of acting talent far beyond expectations.Notice that there is actually a flop in the plot: When Beth is talking to her sister on the phone, she is told that she must be the one to physically put the coins back in the fountain for the spell to be broken (the reason why she can not just mail the coins to Rome). At the end of the movie, it is Nick throws the poker chip in the fountain, not Beth, but the spell on priest is still broken! Strange, weird but we take it that the Director had ran out of booking time on that public fountain and film reel too.
Either way, you get the idea,. Never throw your coins, however unwanted and dirty they might be, into that toxic, putrid, ungodly Roman Fountain of Love. They let people get in barefooted and frolic around!
If you want to score points with your dream girl or have a heated date, this won't be the movie for the win. However, if it is with a couple of goons and toons, go ahead, enjoy the laughter and spent some time together.
Peace and love.
The JustVim Crew
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