Slightly funny, but not enough to recommend it

Rating: 4/10 (21 February 2003)

This movie had postential, but didn't live up to it. Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey have not a little chemistry, and they are fun to watch. However, as this movie progressed, Kate's character's tricks got to be more mean than funny, and as a result, I stopped laughing and just felt sorry for McConaughey's character. The scene where he takes her to meet his family, and she stops (temporarilY) acting like a little jerk, were actually the best in the movie. The climactic scene at the diamond party resembled the worst of the Jerry Springer (et al) show where people hurt each other in public. YUCK. I find it a little depressing that the female characters in this movie regard having sex with someone one has only known a week to be normal and expected. If that makes me a prude, so be it. If you MUSt see this movie, wait for it to come to video and rent it.