Music is great, plot sucks

Rating: 7/10 (2 October 1998)

The movie jumps off with one of the best songs of the 80's (Dead or alive's You spin me round), and that made me think that this could be great stuff. But while the film passes on it is more a standard romantic comedy. Placing it in 1985 is too much overdone and way to cliche. Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997) is a good example of how to make an exact copy of a certain time, but in this picture it is too much repeated "Hey, we're in the 80's now", and that's why it's not right. What really blew the movie is that Drew Barrymore (really bad this time) and Adam Sandler get to marry each other. After a few minutes you could predict that. Why is there a rule for a romantic comedy calling "in the end there has to be a mariage"? Is living together not good enough anymore? No more marriages please or I can't stand romantic comedy's anymore.