it went downhill faster than a girl on a sled on a ski hill and then the ending slammed straight into a tree.
I have no idea why they thought this idea for a movie had to transform into that kind of mess. I wouldn't have been surprised if the patrol officer were hovering over them in a helicopter at the end.
"the ticking clock"
the screenwriter tried to create a sense of urgency to add to the suspense. it's a common writing technique, used with varying degrees of success. in romantic comedies, it's usually that the couple has had a fight (or misunderstanding), and, the girl is about to get on a plane to paris to go to art school (or is about to marry someone else). oh no, our hero has to hurry to the airport (or the church). will he make it in time? oh no, the traffic is in gridlock (or his car runs out of gas).
"the ticking clock", ladies and gentlemen.
btw, the second example that i gave is straight from "the graduate".
until it broke.
But lots of fine movies do not have a ticking clock, where you have defined it as a deliberate plot device rather than simply knowing that the film is ending soon. That was the point. WhoTF says this had to have "suspense"? That's the point. It went off in a bizarre direction, to no positive effect.
I agree. This sweet, if loopy, romance took a sudden and wholly unnecessary turn into action-film territory. A strange choice that didn't fit.
It also didn't have to happen that people observed both of them publicly talking to the air all the time. Plenty of people a lot dumber than these two would be able to manage that better.
Cute idea. Lousy execution.
"This is a problem that requires two minds with but a single malt."
I agree with @bringback. This movie had a lot of promise, and I was excited about the possibilities but all of a sudden it started to drag and ended on a sappy unfulfilling note.
shareI too was disappointed in the latter part of the movie and ending. No money, neither has a job and she has no purse, so no ID. And, he's now stolen a car and is wanted, so what kind of future is even possible. Really a let down ending.
How about he doesn't lose his job and springs her from the institution in a more subtle manner. In their conversations, she helps him realize some amazing talent that is capitalized on and he becomes well-off and no longer a "loser."
Or it turns out she has her own money and together they open their own car wash.