Sophomoric sex shoots down Shakespeare

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 1999)

Likeable characters, a plot with hundreds of successful years behind it, some really charming interaction between the characters and the energy of new attractive leads all comes to a screaming halt for decidedly unfunny sex jokes. When sex is mentioned, the confidence and wit that propel much of the movie disappears. There's rarely a joke about sex, mostly there's just a mention of it as if it was the punchline. Too bad, they squander engaging performances by both leads and several of the characters.