What a disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (3 July 2011)

I love Kate Winslet, I like Cameron Diaz and Jack Black and I don't mind Jude Law, so I had high hopes for this movie. Unfortunately the female leads both give the worst, most self conscious performances of their careers. Blame Nancy Meyers the writer for a twee, contrived script and Nancy Meyers the director for pointing the camera at her stars and telling them to "act cute and adorable". If you like Richard Curtis but find his work too gritty and realistic, this is the movie for you. For the rest of us, it's an interminable embarrassment. One star for Jack Black, who at least tries to give a performance while everyone else is winking at the audience. Meyers wrote "Private Benjamin" and "It's Complicated" so she's obviously talented but she stunk the joint out with this one.