Writer-director Marc Lawrence's dispiriting romantic comedy is a formulaic exercise in mismatched characters doing stupid things to delay the moment when they fall in love, then doing more stupid things to temporarily derail their budding romance.
In Lawrence's modern-day fairy tale, New Wave prince Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) of the one-hit wonder band PoP has been reduced to playing high-school reunions and amusement-park side stages for suburban moms who thought he was dreamy back when they were teens. Neurotic Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), the substitute "plant lady," bursts into his poky apartment in a flurry of dithering, then flees after pricking her...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
96 mins