The movie begins to overload its frail reed of a structure with giant sloppages of cliches from other movies, some so bad it's almost comical. Costner's wife (Sela Ward) has left him and he misses her, so we get a few scenes of the drunken, embittered guy on the phone, begging her to pick up over voice mail. Then Kutcher picks up a gal at a bar (Washingtonian Melissa Sagemiller) and begins one of those aren't-we-quiptastic flirtations that seem to happen only in movies.
More about Movies and media from Nell Minow, who reviews movies each week for Yahoo! Movies and radio stations across the U.S. and in Canada and writes the Media Mom column about families and popular culture for the Chicago Tribune.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Quote of the Week -- Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter reviews "The Guardian:"
"Aren't we quiptastic" -- that's a great Stephen Hunter line. I haven't seen The Guardian, but it could also describe any exchange on The Gilmore Girls or any Aaron Sorkin show (with the addition of fast walking down hallways).
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