Incredibly beautiful Roberts is a distraction

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2000)

Let's face it. Julia is naturally stunning. Yet I am sure the producers took extra effort to make her look goddess-like in every single frame and camera angle. The lighting is always optimal on her, her outfits are flattering and perfect. Makeup, hairstyle, yaddah yaddah yaddah. Well, I found it distracting to the story. Was all this lookism so absolutely crucial to the film? It seems like the film depends on Roberts looking like Helen of Troy to make the viewer care about her and Grant's character.
It was a funny film though, Thacker's flatmate Spike, is wonderful comic relief, in an otherwise predictable film.
Yes, I said predictable. *SPOILER* (not really though) Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy marries girl. As if there was any doubt. The lesson? Don't ignore true love. Ho-hum. I would have preferred it that Thacker goes with his decision to not stay with the movie star, that their lives are just too different, rather than drive willy-nilly all over town to get her back. Again, how many times have we seen that before? I will say that Robert's and Grant's chemistry is great. But before you believe all the hype about this film, just remember that it is a painfully formula romantic-comedy, albeit an above average one.