Original

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 2006)

It's rare to find an original 'romcom' but this is one. It's even more rare to find one that is good but this is one. Originality is very important here and most 'romcoms' today are embarrassingly cliché. But this one is different.
The script is good. It took a lot of research and was written meticulously.
The secondary characters are actually the main characters. James and Valletta steal the show and they're supposed to.
The ending is a bit long and one wishes they'd found a way to speed it up - or rather not have it so unnecessarily drawn out - but there's a punch line at the end and so it's 'almost' worth waiting for.
Does Will Smith ever make a bad movie? He can now claim he's made a refreshingly original romantic comedy and that certainly doesn't happen every day. Digging away at the IMDb yields earlier original 'romcoms' like Harry/Sally and Sleepless which are at least fifteen years old - between then and now about all that's happened is Matthew McConaughey. Enough said.
This one works and it's been a while. Hats off to everyone on the project.