For April (Celina Jade), love is more of a mindgame than an actual emotion, something that has to be thought over again and again and again, and if a suitor doesn't fit her profile to the letter, he needs to be dumped - and yet, April always feels lonely, feels she needs love in her life. And then a stranger accidently drops his journal in the subway, and when April finally manages to pick it up and wants to return it, he has exited the train and the doors have closed. So April starts to read the journal - firstly lying to herself it's only to find out the contact of the rightful owner ... but she reads on and on and on and becomes quite fascinated by the writings, and she actually falls in love with the writer - or thinks she does, as she has never actually met the man, and there's no contact info in all of the journal. So from the little info the journal holds for her she pieces together on the very rough where the unnamed writer may live and puts up posters there - to little avail but she runs into a guy, Jared (Jon Fletcher), who she at first believes to be him - only Jared isn't, and never claims otherwise, but he still asks her out, and she accepts, and the two become a happy couple. For a time, everything goes well, in fact better than everything ever in April's lovelife, and she really ought to hold on what she has got ... but then she picks up a new clue on the mystery journal writer - and risks everything just to find out about him ...

2001-veteran plays a Vietnam veteran who has an original way of keeping the memory of allm whom he has lost alive ...

While most of today's romantic comedies have long become formulaic mush designed to appeal exclusively to its key demographic, April Flowers is actually quite an original example of its kind, by and large staying away from genre clichés and instead presents the audience with an intelligent, at times actually thoughtful story, interesting, fallible characters, and an ending that's surprising and goes above "... and lived happily ever after." Basically, the point here is, this is not just good for a romantic comedy, this is actually a pretty good film!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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