The juice is worth the squeeze!

Rating: 7/10 (26 April 2004)

...to answer a repeated question in the movie.
The critics don't like this, but the moviegoers do. OK it's not exactly Shakespeare or Ibsen, but it is an enjoyable night out.

Elisha Cuthbert (woefully underused in 24) gets her chance to shine and is fantastic. Drop-dead gorgeous and she can act as well. It's a shame that for a 15 (in the UK)-rated movie we get to see so little of her amazing body.
The story is fairly predictable, although the director does try to fool us now and again by including the odd scenes that turn out to be a dream or fantasy. There is an occasional flash of violence that seems a little out of place but otherwise it's all good fun, albeit a little raunchy for the more conservatively-minded.
The story reminded me just a little of 1968's The Graduate, and the excellent soundtrack ranges back to the 60s with Donovan and Thunderclap Newman, and right up to today with David Gray.