There's much to like, if not outright love, about this generally charming romcom. For starters, there's Souza, who's one of the more appealing female protagonists to grace a romantic comedy in a while. Though Everybody Loves Somebody still deals in cliches -- can't a successful professional with a loving family be happy without a relationship? -- it at least tries to do so in a subtler manner, presenting Clara and her dilemmas with Daniel and Asher in slightly more textured ways. Daniel isn't the typical commitment-phobe ex, and Asher doesn't exist simply to sweep Clara, who's ambivalent about long-term relationships, off her feet.

The supporting actors and subplots are strong, too. A scene involving Clara's sister and her husband is almost worth the price of admission alone, if only for its uncanny depiction of love between a long-married couple who've weathered the small-but-significant erosions that daily parenting and partnering exacts -- but also rely on the deep bond that it forges. Also key in the romcom genre is the music, and that's unfortunately one of Everybody Loves Somebody's weak spots. Practically every song used in the film is cribbed from romcoms that have come before that it's clearly is trying to evoke, from Bridget Jones' Diary to (500) Days of Summer. With so much going for it, Everybody Loves Somebody didn't need to try quite so hard.