Utter maudlin tripe

Rating: 1/10 (22 April 2001)

This is an absolutely dreadful film that will appeal only to those who think on the surface, or possibly think not at all, which of course includes the majority of the American population. Horribly miscast, the script is infantile, the character interactions are puerile. The love scenes will make you want to look away, something I never thought I'd say about Julia Roberts in underwear. If you have any poetry in your soul at all you will understand what I mean. Finney's fake yankee accent doesn't help either, either.

As for the substance of the film ... If you are an idiot or have a double-digit IQ no doubt you will believe the sensitive biker love-interest character who likes children. If you are an idiot you will believe the sensitive lawyer who is just looking for a way out of his guilt ... If you are an idiot you will probably like this film. Toots got her Oscar for this garbage, but if she has any sense of decency she will melt it down into a plastic spoon and chuck it into the river Tiber, or the closest puddle.
Total rubbish ... avoid like the plague.