Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will’s best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a “PG” version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. —IMDb.com
Liked this movie the first time around and then saw the editor speak about it at my school. I revisited it after his personal comments and really liked it. If you open yourself up to it, the end is awesomely effective Hollywood cinema. If you skeptically approach it as something that's trying to emotionally manipulate you, then you're missing the point; you won't have an experience if you don't let yourself.
Kinda cheesy typical romance happy ending crap but still pretty good and a bit different at least in how it's done.