This movie was awful. The supporting characters were annoying. They went for comedy with the over the top drama teacher and failed miserably. The work assistant seemed like she had a fake accent. Every line sounded awkward because of it.

The lead characters were slightly better, but they still spent too much of the movie interacting like snarky coworkers rather than potential romantic partners. Their kids had the most genuine interactions in the movie, so I give them credit for that.

The worst part of the movie, though, was the outstandingly obvious and insultingly out of place advertisment for chicken. The kid said the brand name, showed the package of the chicken, then put it on the table for the camera to zoom in on it. Then the four lead characters gathered around to sit and eat the chicken, while one of them described how convenient, high-quality, and healthy it was. Product placement can be acceptable, but they wrote an entire scene around this garbage. Brutal.

The two main actors are alright, but their characters aren't really believable. They have no chemistry, either. The very over-the-top gay character is annoying. The principal is ridiculous. The topper was the blatant chicken advertisement built into the plot in a stilted manner. The single-parents pitched against each other plot line is overused. Overworked, divorced mom. Hard pressed to do it all widowed dad. It's just cliche. It would work if the parents and kids were more fleshed out, but writing seems to be really lacking. You get the sense that the actors aren't being given enough to work with, so they either resort to stereotypes or awkwardly pausing between lines as if they aren't sure where to go in the scene.