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There are some obvious reasons that I like this film:

1. The female lead is named Jenny (same as me)
2. She works in a library during college (as did I)
3. She is musical (I used to play the piano and sing in chorus)
4. She is known for her witty remarks (I’d like to think I am as well)
5. She is super trendy and thin (ok, so we may be getting further and further away from our mark)

But the first two are indisputably true.

Love Story is one of my favorite movies. I do not know where it ranks in regards to The Princess Bride in my mind, but it is up there. It takes place in the 1960’s and became very popular when it was released, nominated for seven Oscars in fact. The theme song became a well known hit.

As romantic movies go (yes, a movie named Love Story is a romance if you can believe it), Love Story ranks #9 on the American Film Institute’s list. If that is not a recommendation, Tommy Lee Jones has a small part in the film (you can tell this to you guys friends to get them to watch it).

Even though it was nominated for Oscars and has a high ranking on an AFI list, this movie is still purely fluff. It is not a ‘great’ film as far as cinematic masterpieces go, but it does absorb you. You get vested in the characters and their completely unrealistic lives and you cry buckets at the end.

It is also the reason that if you are of the generation that started grade school in the 80's, nearly every class you were in had at least one Jennifer. Luckily, my parents were avant garde enough to name me just 'Jenny'.