For me, straight to video (or nearly straight to video) doesn’t have much stigma.I’ve seen too many good films which went that route – “The Answer Man” isn’t one of the, but it’s far from awful and much better than “Love Happens” as I’ve noted.

Lauren Graham is stuck playing against much older dudes … check her out in a tiny role trying to flirt with Jeff Bridges in “The Amateurs.”

(Need to discuss why romantic leads are years younger, improbably, than the actors against whom they play.)

(Need to discuss why fine character actors like Daniels appear in these types of works.)