This is a love story mystery that has likeable actors and an engaging story. Ryan Reynolds is Wil, a soon-to-be divorced father who discovers that his 11-year-old daughter Maya (Abagail Breslin) has just had her first sex education class. Not surprisingly, Maya has a lot of questions: questions about sex and questions about relationships—speci fically her dad‘s relationship with her mom and with his other girlfriends. He decides to tell her the story of his three serious relationships, but changes the women’s names so that Maya won’t know which one is her mother. (That’s where the mystery comes in.) Of course, this means flashbacks. We first meet his college girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks), who he left behind in Wisconsin when he went to New York in 1992 to work on the Bill Clinton campaign. In New York, we meet the other two women in his life played by Rachel Weisz and Isla Fisher. Because the story covers a 15-year time span, some critics seemed to think it was slow-moving, but we disagree. The movie gives us time to get to know and like the characters and we appreciated the laid-back pace. Reynolds is quite charming—sort of a Tom Hanks type—and all three women are delightful. Breslin is equally appealing as the inquisitive pre-teen. She appears to be one child actor whose appeal won’t diminish as she matures. Kevin Kline is scruffy and terrific as an aging gonzo writer and journalism professor. Reviews have been somewhat mixed, perhaps because critics are often hard on romantic comedies. A.O. Scott of the NY Times liked the film and said that " it navigates the choppy waters of modern courtship with commendable, understated honesty." Our local critic also like it and called Definitely, Maybe a chick-flick that men could enjoy. Gary would agree. He liked it as much as I did. We both give it a B+. GRADE B+