good until the ending

Rating: 6/10 (25 February 2005)

These comments shouldn't spoil too much, but you can't be too careful these days, especially with these black lists they have now.
This movie was good until the melodramatic ending. When Will Smith starts talking about flying and rocks and jumping, you might just want to duck out of the theater.
Product placement in this movie, including the entire city of New York, was also quite prominent. I don't know why Krispy Kreme decided it would be a good idea to have Kevin James slam their product as heart attack inducing, though. Who wants to have a product associated with heartbreak, much less heart disease? One other thing about this movie that seems prevalent in romantic comedies: lots of the tension in the middle third is predicated on a ridiculous and unbelievable misunderstanding. I thought this movie was gonna end about three times before it actually did. I guess if it had ended the first time I thought it would, none of the characters would have learned any life lessons, but they could have fixed that with some post production voiceovers, and it would have made me happy.
Don't let me dissuade you though. This is a better than average movie. Kevin James is funny. Will Smith is funny and smoove. Eva Mendes is curvy. Her southern friend looks like Brittany Murphy. And there is a lot of good advice what with the getting on with the ladies.