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A corny, paint-by-number script with wooden acting. One-expression Ruffalo brings nothing, Applegate brings nothing and Paltrow let's us know, once again, she is not a valuable actress to the film community (but of course she'll continue to get roles). Not even Mike Myers could make this good.

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Gwyneth Paltrow, I thought I might as well give it a try. First of all, the rest of the cast was also actually pretty neat (Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Mike Myers, Stacey Dash), so who knows? Even though the whole thing looked pretty lame, maybe it could turn out to be a nice surprise. Unfortunately, it turned out to be pretty underwhelming. Indeed, the main topic was not really intriguing but, to make things worse, they handled it the cheesiest way possible with a terrible cringe-inducing end-result. I have to admit it though, Gwyneth Paltrow was quite charming as usual and the always dependable Mark Ruffalo (one of the most interesting and underrated actors of this generation) could do no wrong even with such tedious material. Apparently, the whole thing was a flop when it was released and I can’t say I’m surprised or that it deserved better. Eventually, almost 10 years later, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo ended up making another movie together, ‘Thanks for Sharing’, which I haven’t seen yet but I sincerely hope that it is a little bit better than this, it shouldn’t be hard though. To conclude, even though I have seen worse, it remains a very weak comedy and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.