One cliché after another

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2006)

The entire first half of this movie was a series of scenes with the girls jumping up and down in anger or happiness, followed by music montages where you could hear the director saying 'Cuter! Jump around cuter!'. Too many scenes just felt forced and contrived and corny but not in a good way. The second half made me smile a couple of times, but I was still angry about the insult to my intelligence that was the first half. Kate Winslet is a delight and her interaction with Eli Wallach was enjoyable to watch. Jude Law was gorgeous and did well with what he was given. Jack Black didn't do badly, but I'm looking forward more to seeing him in Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny.