While I like the premise (which wasn't revealed until the end) of a fictional love story paralleling the "real" love story happening, in the end, the "story romance" if you pull it apart from the writer's story and take it on its own merits it's dull and not so inspiring that the author finally gets published, it doesn't work. The fake love story is boring -- girl meets handsome guy, who is a rich ad exec, and she inspires him for a campaign with some random sentence and she decides to follow him to his new position that she inspired....it's total drivel. Like who cares? The big reveal at the end of the thing she can't bring herself to tell the guy is that she can't have children and that's why she doesn't want to burden him by marrying him. I guessed that plot point in the first 15 minutes and it's just dumb -- adopting, surrogates, etc. being available. Anyway, I think they missed the plane in the end -- if you do watch it this will sort of make sense.

I don't think I really have any spoilers, but I do reveal something that doesn't show up for almost half the movie, so I marked this as spoilers. To me, this reveal is actually part of the setup for the story-line.This movie appears to use two of the standard romcom devices. 1) ***SPOILER*** The hanging secret; 2) girl courted by two guys. But it is definitely not as simple as that. In fact, although I figured out the hanging secret pretty early (it's pretty obvious), I definitely did not see the twist at the end. I thought this was up there with some of the best movie twists, especially for a romcom. Actually I thought the twist was a little unfair in that I don't think there were any clues to foreshadow it, but it was definitely brilliant.The acting is good. You can definitely see Jesse falling in love. The brother is funny but also provides good support for Jesse. The story is good clean fun.

Rebecca (Alyssa Milano) lost her father when she was a youngster. Fortunately, her loving uncle (Beau Bridges) stepped in to help care for her and he's still looking out for her interests. Now a waitress in a cafe, Uncle stops in to encourage his stung-by-divorce niece to take a leap of faith and start dating again. She promises to try. Unbelievably, two men enter the cafe within 30 minutes, with requests for her phone number. One is Ethan (Christopher Gorham), a gifted writer who has just been told by his editor (Carol Kane) that his latest work will NOT be published. He is hurting and is contemplating a career change. Rebecca tries to cheer him up and does her job so well, that digits are exchanged. Not ten minutes later, another gentleman, Troy (Michael Landes), a rising ad writer, drops in for a carry-out order and ends up charmed by Becca, too, especially when she tells him how much she enjoys a certain ad he wrote. Again, Rebecca writes down her number. Over the course of the next few weeks, Becca's schedule is a whirlwind of dates and kisses. Ethan, poor as a church mouse, nevertheless takes her on picnics and hikes, even hustling Becca over to his sister's house. There, they all romp with Ethan's three active young nieces and nephews. Meanwhile, Troy entices Rebecca with fine dining, wine, and concerts. How ever will she choose between them? Also, to be honest, how can she string two men along, when its obvious both of them are getting very serious? This is a sweet film and an unusual story. Viewer, be prepared for a twisted ending that is satisfying but unexpected. Milano, very beautiful, is touching in the lead role while Landes, Gorham and the others do fine work, too. Romantic drama fans will also like the costumes, sets, script, photography and direction. Yes, the cover looks more like a romcom but, while there are funny moments, the story has a serious undertone. However, fans of romance should seek this one out before a new moon appears.

'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend' is sweet, original and completely surprising.I've always been a fan of Alyssa Milano, especially during the first 3 years of 'Charmed'. I loved the fact that in the movie it's mentioned that her character is a vegetarian. I've read that Alyssa is vegetarian in real life.Tom Lenk plays Jesse's (Alyssa) brother with depth and compassion. It's nice to see this former BtVS actor in a non geeky role.Christopher Gorham is sweet as Ethan. Carol Kane is great in every role she plays.This movie is filmed in Utah which is refreshing as so many movies are filmed in British Canada that it's easily recognized. I love Canada but after seeing this film, I now want to visit Utah.