I'm afraid this film led me off on a bit of a rant about sexist men.
Mike has everything, a beautiful and devoted wife Dylan and a child on the way. But can he resist when an old 'friend', the coincidentally stunning Alex comes back into town and catches his eye? No, of course not, because that would mean a man in a Hollywood movie having morals and not giving in to temptation, and where would be the fun in that? Added, to which, Alex is the 'one who got away' which makes it even more interesting.
Mike then has an awful dilemma: he wants to divorce his wife and get with Alex immediately (nothing like a long term partnership) but he has signed a pre-nuptial agreement which states that if he wants a divorce he must throw a 'divorce party' and invite all the guests he invited to his original wedding. Will he do it?
I know it's only a film, but films are there to make us think, and I found Mike's behaviour of both women pretty shoddy. He dithers about, not really being sure of what he wants, terrified that he's let a supermodel-type woman go in favour of the 'comfortable' family life many people would kill for. He's exceedingly selfish and unlikeable, seemingly unaware of his moral responsibilities as a husband and a father-to-be and in my opinion both women could do much better than him.
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