Harmless

Rating: 5/10 (6 February 2010)

Just finished watching this on TV an the first word that springs to mind is harmless. It's not normally the sort of thing I would watch but my wife wanted to see it so I thought I'd watch too.
The two leads play the roles they tend to play most often, with Grant being the English posh bloke who stutters a lot, and Barrymore the klutzy innocent. Extremely lightweight, the film avoids crossing the line from whimsical to pointless by having a number of very funny scenes, mostly involving Alex's early career.
The parallels between the fictional characters and their real life counterparts could not be clearer, short of stating that Cora is Britney Spears and Alex and Colin are Wham.
Not for everyone, and very light, it's entertaining enough if you like that sort of thing.