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The movie tells the story of Henry (Jason Sudeikis), a widowed architect who, after the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie (Maisie Williams), an independent but troubled teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic.
Cloyingly sentimental and annoyingly whimsical, director Bill Purple's The Book of Love is one of those movies that all-too-neatly tries to turn grief into personal growth at the audience's expense.
Perhaps Purple and Pickering have honest intentions, but "The Book of Love" doesn't deliver sincerity. It's more comfortable with heavily sugared predictability.
Filled with contrivances, false emotions and even flimsier accents, it strains mightily to tug at our heartstrings while also enticing us with whimsy, and fails on both fronts.