At 3O years old Lisa is well past her prime, of being a world class softball player that is, and after getting dumped from the side she tries to play the love game instead. First she teams up with Matty, a pro baseball player with a multimillion-dollar contract who happens to be a screwball womanizing narcissist who’s shallowness means that all he cares about is giving a good performance. Then there is George , an earnest and good-hearted CEO at the end of his tether as he is about to be Indicted for fraud thanks to Charles, his crooked businessman father who has dropped him in it.
Matty just wants to add Lisa to his possessions; George just wants his life to stop unraveling in front of his eyes; Charles just wants to stay out of jail. And Lisa? She’s no idea what she wants, and at the end of this very lightweight movie, I’m not really sure if we care to know anyway.
This romantic comedy would not normally have even been on my radar but like the addict I am I needed a quick fix and I had seen everything else worth seeing at the Multiplex this week. And on paper this movie looked like a sure bet with it’s great pedigree. Written and directed by James L Brooks (3 time Oscar Winner + 5 Oscar Nominations) and starring Jack Nicholson who has won 2 Oscars in previous movies of Mr. Brooks, plus Reece Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd. The script was so lame that it didn’t give any of them a chance to shine …. except maybe Mr Wilson who had the most rounded character in the movie and certainly the best lines. And likable as he is, Paul Rudd is simply not a leading man. The real scene stealers were two minor characters, George’s secretary Annie and her boyfriend Lenny, who lit the screen up briefly.
R.T.V. It’s a cold wet day, and you feel in need of a light romance.
★★★★★
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