An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I still ended up watching it. I mean, right from the start, it sounded like a rather odd project. I mean, who thought it would be a good idea to make a romantic-comedy with Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes? Concerning Ralph Fiennes, he is probably one of the best actors of his generation and even though he has done pretty much everything in his career, this genre is probably the only one he hasn’t mastered so far. Concerning Jennifer Lopez, she has a pretty lousy reputation as an actress but I don’t think she is so bad. Unfortunately, she always picks up such bland projects like this one and if she ever wants us to take her seriously as an actress she will really have to take some risks at some point but I don’t see it happening anytime soon. For Wayne Wang, I thought this movie was quite a stepdown from his impressive work from the 90’s (‘The Joy Luck Club’, ‘Smoke’, ‘Blue in the Face’). At the end of the day, it is difficult to pinpoint what was the biggest issue with this flick. Anyway, you can either blame the lack of chemistry between the two leads or the fact that the plot was terribly weak and predictable. To conclude, I have seen worse but it is a really average romantic-comedy and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10