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Its a weird phenomenon that sometimes two or more movies come out within a few weeks or months of each other which are strikingly similar. This is one of those times. PL&M is extremely similar in story line to Wanderlust, in that they both deal with city people being introduced to the stereotypical hippie commune lifestyle. Its kind of a tough line to walk, portraying or even making fun of a lifestyle that people pursue in earnest, with deepest philosophic resolve, can turn ugly if not handled well. Wanderlust was a comedy and all the fun that was poked at the communal lifestyle was very very funny. In PL&M there wasn't very much fun, it wasn't worst case but it was pretty bad. It's just a chick flick in a different setting, with all the traps that lightweight movies fall into. There's a bit of pseudo-intellectual banter and lightning like personality transformations, it tries to be nice but ultimately is about as deep as a birdbath and very unsatisfying.
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