Good story. Deserved better acting.

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 2004)

The storyline is reminiscent of GroundHog Day... going back and forth to the same events trying to change things. The drama treatment did improve the topic but not to the point that it could become a cult film of sort.
The love story that is the motivation of the whole movie somewhat falls flat and impairs the movie harshly. I apologize to fans of Kutcher but his acting bordered on ridicule in some scenes. I was half waiting for the laugh tracks and having never seen anything with him before I was not biased or disappointed. The kid who played Evan as a teen was soo much more credible, it's not even funny. And there was a complete absence of chemistry between Kutcher and Amy Smart that somehow just made the whole storyline pointless.
It definitely would have been more than just entertaining if it had not been so resolutely geared towards the teen viewers. Most of the love story plot felt a little too much like Dawson's Creek. The story would have benefited from much better less known actors (who may not have been on the cover on Seventeen but... who cares?) who would have made the whole scheme work. Not having to go very far to find them, I think Elden Henson (Lenny) would have made a PERFECT Evan (yeah I know, he's not as 'sexy' as Kutcher... my point, exactly!) and ANYONE would have been better than Amy Smart (I think newcomer Dallas Howard would have been just wonderful) but I'm not a casting director... apparently neither was the person who gave the two key parts to up and coming teen pleaser's.
Overall a meager 6/10 that could have easily been a 8!