Very slight, a way to while away almost 3 hours

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2006)

Nancy Meyers wastes an excellent, attractive cast (excepting Jack Black of course, and even he looks almost quasi close to maybe attractive) with a very slight script, no dramatic tension (even a comedy needs that), no surprises, and no particular reason to see her movie. Particularly sad is her pathetic little effort to secure some sort of award from her friendly writers guild by creating a homage to oldtime Hollywood writers; it would have been more fun and attractive to viewers if instead of using a "writer" in her little subplot she had used an "actor", the audience would have found it more interesting, and there would have been more that could have been done plotwise. The concerns rating on IMDb seems to be 6.5 as I write this - Rocky 27 (whatever) will probably be a 6.7 and be more interesting. Bottom line, don't waste your time unless you truly have nothing else to do.