Adapted by Steve Martin from his own novella and directed by Anand Tucker, this wisp of a story purports to explore the perils of modern romance in the shallowest city in the world. Depressed, lonely, 20-year-old Vermont native Mirabelle Butterworth (Claire Danes) came to Los Angeles to pursue her art, which involves taking ghostly photographs of herself and working them over with charcoal at the rate of one piece every six months or so. She works as a glove saleswoman at Saks Fifth Avenue on Wilshire Boulevard, and has no idea how to make friends, meet men or even persuade her cat to come out from under the bed. And so it's with considerable surprise that she finds ...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
104 mins