Film Review – Your Place or Mine

As a screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna made her mark with romantic comedies featuring a distinct female point of view. She helped to bring “The Devil Wears Prada” and “27 Dresses” to the screen, finding her niche in the industry with safe entertainment, making sure conflicts were easy on the senses and characters followed a defined arc to happiness. McKenna makes her directorial debut with “Your Place or Mine,” and she’s not out to challenge herself with the project, scripting a feature that’s basically the same as the ones she’s done before. Only here there’s a central crisis of distance, with the lead characters managing matters of the heart on separate coasts, going on different personal adventures for most of the run time. “Your Place or Mine” isn’t thrilling, but it’s easily digestible with capable performances from Reese Witherspoon and Aston Kutcher, who have the advantage of not sharing many scenes, allowing the material to stay away from dispiriting formula for a surprising amount of time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com