Paul (Hugh Grant) and Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) are an estranged NY couple. She's a high strung stereotypical A-type personality real estate agent. He's a lawyer trying to reconnect after cheating on her. They witness a murder and now they are in danger. The FBI sends them to Wyoming to hide in witness protection.
It's very simple. I don't like these people. More specifically, I don't like her. She comes off as an annoyingly high maintenance whiny snooty NYers. And coming off a cheating fight, these two have all the chemistry of a wet rag. The jokes barely pass as actual jokes. It doesn't help that I don't like the people telling the jokes. There is some value in the fish out of water routine. But all the value can't be realized by these two characters.
It's very simple. I don't like these people. More specifically, I don't like her. She comes off as an annoyingly high maintenance whiny snooty NYers. And coming off a cheating fight, these two have all the chemistry of a wet rag. The jokes barely pass as actual jokes. It doesn't help that I don't like the people telling the jokes. There is some value in the fish out of water routine. But all the value can't be realized by these two characters.