Meanwhile, Jack's best friend and business partner George continually tries to set him up with available women he knows, all of whom similarly show a keen interest in settling down and having children.

As time goes on, Jill opens Jack's eyes in many ways, including fair trade coffee.

Over lunch with her new coworker Lucy, after being asked how she can eat so much yet not gain weight, Jill confesses she has cystic fibrosis so her body doesn't absorb nutrients well.

When her long absences go unexplained, Jack forces her to confess that her disappearances are a result of the treatment she needs for cystic fibrosis, an ultimately terminal illness.

Jack finds Jill nearby, they make up as he includes the last point of the manifesto, and with their new dog Lucy got him to adopt in tow, they hit the highway with no destination in sight except for a life together.

According to Reel Film reviews it "ultimately establishes itself as an affable endeavor that benefits substantially from the charismatic work of its two leads.

"[1] But Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times concluded that it is "Blind to the fact that it should be rising up against its own formulaic kind.