Crude and irreverent

Rating: 6/10 (16 March 2013)

Crude and irreverent, I couldn't believe that this film was fifteen years old, and I hadn't seen it. Well, I have now. The film is a romantic comedy setting up elaborate gag after elaborate gag. I had of course heard of some of them over the years. Maybe they would have been funnier if I had seen the movie fresh. As it is, I found it amusing, but not big-time funny. Matt Dillon's sleazy character really didn't ring true to me. I doubt it was supposed to, but I found it distracting. Like the fake dog in the scenes where it was being "injured". Amusing, though. What can you say about Cameron Diaz? So pretty, such ingenuous sincerity. If you haven't seen this film, (anybody?) it's worth checking out, just don't expect it to be the best movie ever.