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Aniston's back to make Friends yet again.


Byline: DAVID EDWARDS

LOVE HAPPENS Cert 12A, 109mins . .

Don't let the title fool you. In Jennifer Aniston's latest feeble romantic drama, almost nothing happens. Certainly not love or, indeed, much in the way of excitement.

Although her character's called Eloise, once again Aniston is playing Rachel from Friends - a big-hearted ditz ditz  
n. Slang
A scatterbrained or eccentric person.



[Back-formation from ditsy.]
 who just can't find the right man.

You can tell she's a bit of kooky type since she drives a pastel-coloured van, has a flower tattoo on her wrist and, for reasons never explained, scrawls inscrutable words such as quidnunc quid·nunc  
n.
A nosy person; a busybody.



[Latin quid nunc?, what now? : quid, what; see kwo- in Indo-European roots + nunc, now; see
 on the walls of hotel corridors.

Into her life of quiet desperation is thrown motivational speaker Burke (Aaron Eckhart), who's made a mint helping people realise their inner potential. But, guess what, he's got a few issues of his own, namely unresolved grief over the death of his wife.

Throw the pair together and... well, not a lot happens. Heck, they don't even kiss. Instead, there's some gentle flirting and a walkon part for Martin Sheen as the teary father-in-law. And that's it.

THE REEL LOWDOWN low·down  
n. Slang
The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party.

lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it →
 IF YOU LIKED... The Accidental Tourist, Dragonfly... YOU'LL LIKE THIS.

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NOTHING HAPPENS: Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston
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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Oct 9, 2009
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