“Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.”
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Ryan Reynolds
Will Hayes
Abigail Breslin
Maya Hayes
Elizabeth Banks
Emily
Isla Fisher
April
Rachel Weisz
Summer Hartley
Kevin Kline
Hampton Roth
Derek Luke
Russell McCormack
Liane Balaban
Kelly
Annie Parisse
Anne
Nestor Serrano
Arthur
Definitely, Maybe is a comedy, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of love of one's life, parent child relationship, election campaign, politics, narration, marriage. Directed by Adam Brooks, it stars Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks. When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
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