Pap with Pretensions of Grandeur

Rating: 2/10 (3 February 2007)

This movie was predictable and bland. I cannot believe that people over the age of 15 actually saw deep meaning in this formulaic ca-ca. I could have predicted the storyline and ending of the entire film two minutes into it. Sweet down to earth girl with a loving boyfriend and terrific friends gets caught up in a life of glamour and intrigue. Sweet girl changes and loses sight of her values and alienates LBF and TF. She realizes, after seeing the life of glamour for what it is, empty and vicious, that she has lost sight of her true self (vacuous) and values. Gives it all up to return to the schlep she left behind, because everyone knows it is better to be loved by a poor schlep than a millionaire and it is more noble to struggle than to achieve and succeed. blah blah blah. My two stars are for Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. It is a treat to see them anytime - may they find a movie worthy of their talents.