Lightweight time-filler

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2007)

I can almost imagine that Kate Hudson accepted her role in this lightweight piece of fluff because she identified with the plight of her character, a journalist on a womens magazine who wants to write serious political pieces but ends up with the vacuous 'How to' column. After all, surely no serious actor can dream of appearing in films as insubstantial as this when they're slogging their way through drama college  even if they are 'kooky' Goldie Hawn's daughter. That said, Hudson should at least look at getting an agent who will negotiate equal screen time with her leading man.
This isn't a bad film of its kind. It's a passable time-filler with likable leads who really shouldn't be considering the vain, conceited characters they play. Both believe they can snare a mate and have them fall in love with them  only with opposing objectives in mind  and go about their task with single-minded determination uncaring of what damage they may do to the other. There are a few laughs along the way  not many, but a few  and the ending is, of course, mind-numbingly predictable, but then it's obvious that nobody was out to win an Oscar here.