Not funny

Rating: 1/10 (24 June 2007)

I was disappointed, expecting comedy, not tragedy and a few funny lines. Dialogue was mostly one word ... the F word. Toilet words as a script are only humour for diaper-age boys. "I love you" from a man and woman both does not make a romance. Just because the "heroine" is beautiful, and the "nice guy" "hero" says so, does not make a plot line. One line resonated especially well, because when I was a little girl, I also got caught not knowing what a "prick" was, so one point for realism, and how little life has changed in half a century. Good is how minor characters are fleshed out and developed. For example, the jealous co-worker who wants dozens of pounds off gave me giggles and doesn't triumph over our naive heroine. Even though the "happy ending" is steady job, early to bed, adult living space (and rent?), and presumably less drugs and more taxes, marriage is tentative, the "square" husband even provides illegal mushrooms and so the "laid-back" lifestyle is idealized overall.