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Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2007)

Great premise, but this movie failed in the script and direction. The real problem is that boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl requires both impediments and characters with a reason to overcome them. There is almost nothing at stake here. Too bad, because I enjoyed some of the witty lines. However, even Eminem couldn't spout lyrics with the ease of Barrymore's character and he lived on 8 Mile and practiced all the time.
Half way through this movie I got a little angry because I wanted the movie to be better. I was rooting for Drew and Hugh to do something terrific and it didn't happen. The movie would have been unwatchable without these veterans.
The music wasn't as compelling as the songs in "That thing you do!", but I enjoyed the spoofs on MTV and Wham.