Tolerable at best

Rating: 5/10 (13 February 2001)

Some of the dialogue is funny, some of the actors are great but for the most part this is some egregious stuff. The Cinderella theme seems a little out of date in a hooker/john movie. Of course she is entitled to dream but I don't think the movie has the slightest idea what a hooker actually has to endure. I am not saying I do either, but then again I am not making a movie.
There is almost no realism in the movie and you are told Viv is a hooker but there is no other evidence of that onscreen. You do not believe for a second she falls in love with Gere - why would you, there is nothing going on between them as far as screen chemistry goes. All of the drama is forced and immature. No one acts like this in the real world. I don't know any millionaires or hookers, but come on, the audience does not have to in order to judge these people.
I can easily recommend Laura San Giacomo's portrayal of Kit, Roberts's roommate, and naturally since this is a Garry Marshall movie, Hector Elizondo is in it and he is very enjoyable too.
Boy, someone up there liked Julia the day she was nominated for Best Actress along side Kathy Bates, Joanne Woodward, Angelica Huston and Meryl Streep. If you look at that list, you have to ask yourself that age old question - "what is wrong with this picture?" At least she didn't win, thank God, thanks to Kathy Bates' unforgettable "Misery". Any of the choices that year were preferable to Julia's mugging, pouting and blindingly phony smile.