humorous but trivial

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2003)

Perhaps seeing this movie after a break-up wasn't the best idea afterall (please pass the tissues, Emma).
While this movie is amusing and does hit some clear notes, I found so much of it to be cliched and shallow (gee, much like all those shallow cliches we hate about the Christmas season). When there is so much possible, and yet so little is realized, it's dissappointing.
Perhaps there are too many characters; I don't feel I got to know any of these people well. If you broke this movie up into components and focussed more clearly and deeply on individual couples, you would have a much better film. Sorry to be so harsh, but as it is, I found it to be mostly a waste of first-rate talent.
Amazingly, 75% of IMDB users have given this movie an eight out of ten or higher. I presume they're either all British, or were blown away by the opening sex scenes.