She can even do physical comedy, and that is rare indeed. Crossing a street, she gets her shoe caught in a manhole. A cabbie sideswipes a dumpster which is headed right for her. She can't decide whether to save her life or her shoe. Enter Matthew McConaughey, who dives for her, pulls her out of the way, then lands on top of her.
Girl meets Boy.
Then neither the writers nor the director, nor the six credited producers, have any idea what to do next. Instead there are a series of awful story points that lead to bad gags. Her father, for one, has arranged a marriage with a boy from his native village in Sicily. The boy does a Roberto Benigni parody, won't leave her alone, and ends up box-fighting McConaughey in a fight we know is pretend but his fiancee and her parents are supposed to believe is real. At least that's why I think we're supposed to laugh at it.