An average movie

It is probably one of the most osbcure movies starring Cameron Diaz but it is not half bad, actually. Even though Cameron Diaz tends to play over and over again some kind of annoying hysterical chick, from time to time, she tries other things and the end result is usually rather interesting ('The Last Supper', 'Being John Malkovich', 'Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her', 'My Sister's Keeper'). This movie is one of those. I mean, it is not entirely successful as it tends to overly romanticize the time period but I still enjoyed most of it. As a matter of fact, Diaz doesn't even have the lead part and you only see her in flashbacks. The lead was played this time by Jordana Brewster and it was only her second part. Brewster is a rather charming actress and she was not bad either in this movie, however, her career never really took off and she is now stuck in the dull 'Fast and Furious' franchise. Eventually, the best thing in this movie was Christopher Eccleston, an actor I always admired since I discovered him in 'Shallow Grave' and he is definitely one of those criminally underrated actors. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you want to see Cameron Diaz in something else than her usual fare.

6/10