Tale of Smarmy Serial Dater Inspires Cries of 'Humbug!'

Summary

---

It's difficult to believe the script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore survived to be made another day. It is to the credit of director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) that the film isn't a total write-off. Not only does he make the film look good, he somehow manages to get decent performances from most of the cast, including Lacey Chabert as Paul's emotionally volatile bride and Anne Archer as the sexy mother of the bride.

[Matthew McConaughey] continues to be the man men love to hate (at least men roped into going to date movies) because he is so unwilling to break from his overworked screen persona. (Yeah, you're handsome, self-confident and facile. I get it.) [Michael Douglas], cheerfully exploiting his pre-Catherine Zeta-Jones rep as a Hollywood Lothario, is almost as glib and unfunny as McConaughey.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Tale of Smarmy Serial Dater Inspires Cries of 'Humbug!'

Never mind being haunted by ghosts of girlfriends. Hollywood producers should be concerned about being haunted by the ghost of Charles Dickens.

For the s...

See the full content of this document

---