Every schlock trick in the book

Rating: 2/10 (31 July 2003)

Great cast, excellent story, fabulous camera work -- all hit hard on the head by the Great American Bludger. There wasn't one scene fading into another without some kind of tacky segway. Every one of the crucial initial meetings of any two main characters was hokey.
All they needed, to make total trash, would have been an outdoor dining scene with the trees lit with blue christmas tree lights. How'd they missed that trick. one wonders?