When one year old Sophie is soon orphaned it’s up to the godparents to drop everything and take care of her. Knowing nothing of being parents and hating each other from an awful blind date three years before, they struggle through charts and other baby-related problems, trying to be the parents Sophie lost.

Another Katherine Heigl romcom, and of course she’s a similar character to her usual, the control-freak, like in ‘27 Dresses’ or ‘The Ugly Truth’, ‘Life As We Know It’ is just the same character. And just like ‘New Year’s Eve’ she’s a caterer, although ‘New Year’s Eve’ did come out after this one. Doesn’t mean that’s a bad thing, no not at all. I do love Katherine Heigl, but it’s pretty much the same character she plays in each film. The other star of the film is Josh Duhamel, he is great too. The film is also quite predictable, but aren’t most romcoms? Saying all this, I really do like this film, it’s enjoyable, it has hilarious moments and heart-warming ones, I don’t think there is much else to ask for in a romcom. Oh wait, there’s an adorable baby too.

Holly and Messer (that’s his last name don’t worry) are bombarded with the dreadful news of their best friends death in a car accident, the next day they are surprised to find that those best friends had named Holly and Messer together as their daughter’s guardians if anything should happen to them. Their lives turn upside down as they are now suddenly handed a baby. Told to live in their deceased friends’ house and look after their baby, they feel more and more they are falling into their friends’ lives, struggling to look after a baby who won’t stop crying. Messer is a jokey character of playing the field, as such, he loved his old life of going to see games as a living and being able to pick up women whenever he wanted to. Holly, she’s the opposite, she’s a caterer with her own bakery and she follows life by a plan.

The film follows one year which is broken down into seasons. They struggle in their first year of having a child, with the case worker coming at the hilariously most inconsiderate times, and with the neighbours constantly hovering, helping or pestering, you decide. One of these neighbours is actually played by Melissa McCarthy, but to be honest her character does annoy me a bit, she bosses her husband round like nobody’s business and talks with such high pitch, I think she is supposed to be a little annoying.

Overall, I do love this film, I think it’s enjoyable, it has some great moments and it’s a fun easy watch. It puts you in a great mood and makes everything feel brilliant. I wouldn’t say ‘Life As We Know It’ is the best romcom, far from it, and it’s definitely not the most hilarious, but it’s still fab. If you love a good romcom, then you should watch this one too.