So so

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2007)

While I enjoyed the premise of the movie, there were just too many implausibilities. How did each women get into each others homes? There were no keys to be seen. How did the Kate Winslet character get passed the locked gate AND into the house? The taxi driver couldn't take the Cammeron Diaz character to the cottage because of the heavy snow. Fine. Just a scene later, Diaz is in a car (where did that come from), driving through the snow. She's from the US, never driven in the UK where they drive on the opposite side of the road with the snow yet, but she does it just fine. Who takes care of Jude Laws little girls when he's out so much? A supposedly good Dad, but why so much drinking and showing up at the cottage smashed? What about the dog? Did Winslet just leave her dog there with no care? Who would leave a dog alone for so long? How did she know the Diaz would show up and even if she liked or was allergic to dogs? All these are important issues what were never even addressed. Despite all these holes, most of the film was enjoyable except for Diaz manic performance. Was she on drugs when she made this? Everything she did and said was so hyper. Kind of spoiled her character. Slow down girl. Ms. Myers should have been aware of the dreadful performance. All the others faired well, especially Jack Black. Of course every one knows from the onset of meeting each character how this movie will turn out...and that's OK. A "feel" good movie which would have been a feel "great" movie if it were not for these implausible situations and Diaz over the top performance. Also, her character shows not a bit of shame by having sex with someone she has met five minutes earlier. Not nice, although the blame for that goes to MS Myers screenplay..For shame.