Retail giant Target has a curious way of spreading the love this time of year.
The company, hoping to bank on some Valentine’s Day sales, slapped a series of products on the front page of its Sunday flier to give frazzled guys some ideas for Feb. 14.
Target calls it “the new movie night.” You’ve got your popcorn, some frozen pizza … and the DVD of “P.S. I Love You.”
What??
Target is recommending one of the worst rom-coms in recent memory for the most romantic night of the year?
Of course, that’s just one man’s opinion.
Got into an embarrassing moment a while back when I was telling some friends of Mrs. WWTW about this awful movie we had just seen. No laughs. Awkward banter. And a wooden performance by its lead, Hilary Swank.
When I said the movie in question was “P.S. I Love You,” she said, “Oh, I loved that picture!”
What do you say then?
(Photo: Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank keep in touch from the grave in “P.S. I Love You.”)
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I have to admit to falling on the side of enjoying this one. One difference is that I didn’t think it was a comedy, but there were a couple moments that earned a chuckle. The premise was a little hard to buy. Though the film was based on a novel, I thought the script could have gone in more interesting directions than it did (the two trips to Ireland felt a little hammy). I at least didn’t feel like I wasted the dollar I spent to see it.
Can you think of a better way to get rid of a movie that’s been sitting on the shelves and stinking up the DVD section?
Maybe next Christmas eve they’ll have a special for atheists, “A bottle of Absinthe, a frozen pizza and a DVD of ‘The Golden Compass’”