This is actually a thorny issue. The real love world of adults and the imaginary world of children are completely incompatible worlds.
In the chaotic world, the audience still has to be like the precocious Maya, instead of giving up the belief in love, it is better to believe that there will be true love and a perfect ending in the future.
So Dad will slightly modify his life and love story before Maya was born, and present it to his daughter in a mild PG-13 version. The beginning of the story seems predictable: After a series of false starts and life derailment, Will eventually meets and marries Maya's mother. But neither Maya nor the audience knew which of the women Will was talking about was Maya's mother. But after the perfect ending, the father and mother ended in divorce.
These women say that they are not alike, and they can be distinguished by their hair color and temperament. Emily, the helpful, blond college sweetheart; Samuel, the charming and slightly dangerous brunette; and April, the impulsive red-haired beauty. It's these women in Will's life, including Breslin who plays her daughter, who create the emotional core of the film.
There's an old ballad that says, "Darlin' you can't love three," but in this movie, the hero does fall in love with three women, which might be seen as a bummer. The women with whom he has ended or not will be found so terribly flawed that breaking up with him can be seen as a relief.
Emily, Summer and April are undoubtedly flawed, but director Brooks is very successful at showing that their flaws are part of their charm, especially at the beginning of the film. The director also made it clear to the audience that every time Will was fascinated by them, he didn't know them at all, but he thought he knew them well. He didn't even know what he wanted. Love betrayals and commitments can be astounding.
Movies, too, can be astounding. I know a lot of people complaining that American rom-coms are terrible these days, giving up wit, character, emotional adventure for bad sex jokes or daydreams. "Absolutely, Maybe" is by no means a perfect film, but it steers the modern courtship frenzy with a pristine honesty laudable. Perhaps the best proof is that, unlike other Hollywood stories about The Bachelor in New York, this movie was actually shot in New York.
"Absolutely, Maybe" is rated PG-13 in the United States. Although the film does not have scenes of adult behavior, it is very clear what adult behavior is.
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