P.J. and Ruth are stuck for the weekend together in a hot desert with nothing to do and few clothes to wear. It's a comedy about being attracted to someone you'd better not sleep with, if you know what's good for you. Campion also adds an ill-advised scene in which Winslet dresses Keitel like a woman, to prove to him that he would never date a woman of his own age. It's just that I don't believe that Ruth would be stupid enough to say something like that. This unique and ramshackle film gives up a perfect ending for a hackneyed coda.
Every good impulse is countered with a corny one, and countered again by something inspired.
Campion is exasperated by women's confusion as well as by men's vanity. She seeks out the nobility and tenderness in Keitel while admiring the bursting energy of Winslet. Metro Publishing Inc. MetroActive is affiliated with the Boulevards Network .