Hilarious comedy for thirty-somethings

Rating: 9/10 (9 March 2007)

We hardly couldn't stop laughing. Even during the more serious scenes we started giggling just remembering previous scenes. The movie probably is not half as funny for younger viewers who don't know the era when hair-gel was new on the market and people wore strange combinations of clothes in the wildest colours and patterns. Just like the spirit of that decade provides a lot of funny scenes, also a lot of the jokes refer to real-life 80's Has-beens who are completely unknown to people born after the 70's. I.e. Frankie Goes to Hollywood or Debbie Gibson and Tiffany who were the Britney & X-tina of that time and alternated in being on the covers of youth magazines for quite a while. The chemistry between Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore works well, because the (real-life) age gap exists also in the portrayed characters. Even if the character of the big sister seems to be a little over the top, we could identify with her very much. All our teenage-year idols are virtually Has-beens now, but if we would face them today, we would probably faint, just by reviving the feelings we had then.