Hardly watchable

Rating: Null/10 (30 March 2003)

Being the male chick-flick fan that I am, I went to this with my girlfriend expecting something cute and maybe memorable. I don't think I can sit through one more Matthew McConaughey movie ever again. I did not believe for even ONE second that he was a marketing man from New York. Not a chance. He is (and always oozes) a hick from Smalltown, Texas, which worked for EdTV and even Contact, but not for this and not for The Wedding Planner. Every time he opened his mouth to speak, I wanted to punch it in. Plus, the Princess Sophia/Krull the Warrior King bit was TOO TOO lame.

This movie's saving grace was Kate Hudson's believable and tossed-to-and-fro journalist Andie Anderson. She was darling enough to make up for McConaughey's looks over talent casting misstep. The supporting cast's performances, I thought, were ghastly (especially the two nasty Judys and Ben's friends at times). It was worth watching once, I suppose, but in the end, another weakish chick-flick. One chick-flick that came out recently that I recommend far more is Two Weeks Notice (which provided far more than a standard formulaic chick-flick).