Terrible on so many levels, only one redeeming scene

Rating: 2/10 (13 March 2007)

This film was an embarrassment. It featured two great actors (Winslet and Wallach) and one promising actor (Black) and two box office poison actors (Law and Diaz). Unfortunately for Winslet, Wallach, and Black, this film was doomed because of the terrible script. The movie mainly focuses on Cameron Diaz's story, one that we've heard a hundred times. We're supposed to connect to her because she's American, but no one cares about the American fish-out-of-water story anymore. Diane Lane took that story to new heights in "Under the Tuscan Sun" but Diaz just ruins it in this film. If Kate Winslet's story were possibly longer or more focused upon, this film could have been better by leaps and bounds. Her story was extraordinarily cute but unfortunately when we see five minutes of her we see twenty minutes of Cameron Diaz.
The movie is also too long. Two hours of this movie is absolutely ridiculous. Cameron Diaz and Jude Law have no chemistry. Kate Winslet and Jack Black have a bit of chemistry but it's really Eli Wallach who has the best chemistry with Winslet. Their story wasn't very strong, but it was fun watching them together because you can tell that they actually work hard on their performances. This movie is incredibly boring. You'll find yourself laughing for all the wrong reasons. MST3k to this movie, it helps.
The one redeeming scene in the movie is with a cameo from Dustin Hoffman. It was the only thing I was happy about in this movie. That's all... a cameo. That was the only good thing about this film.
If you want to see this movie, that's fine. Rent it. Try to get it for free from the rental place, if possible.
This was not a good movie.