For the beginning of this review, I’m going to say something I never thought I would say voluntarily: “Meg Ryan is back in movie theaters across the country.” And now that I’ve seen her new film, What Happens Later I can confidently say, “Nice try, Meg Ryan. Please go away and come back to theaters with something good.”
What Happens Later is adapted from the play Shooting Star first produced in 2008 and written by prolific playwright and theater director Steven Dietz. This man is a co-screenwriter for this film which you think would help keep it from avoiding a fiasco of indecisiveness, but What Happens Later ends up a mess.
When two former lovers accidentally cross paths in a small airport while trying to reach their different connecting flights, they immediately start talking to catch up….because, “Why not?” This conversation soon turns to…
