Wow. I turned this movie off so many times, but I kept coming back to it, like a bad accident on the highway that you can't turn away from!
Where to begin?
As others have pointed out, the leads have NO chemistry, to the point where it actually turned my stomach to see them together, and not even because of the age difference (Sarah Michelle Gellar actually looks about 40 here...)
SMG is supposed to be playing a bright, vivacious, preternaturally smart young woman. She comes across as a sullen sorority girl. Her acting was terrible, especially during a scene where she is supposed to be drunk. The movie gives you no indication as to why a legendary editor would be interested in her, other than issues with his daughter (which the movie hints at).
She and her family are supposed to be Jewish. Those were the WASP-iest Jews I've ever seen...
The dialogue... oh boy. A bunch of seventh grader references to major literary texts doesn't make the script sound smart.
Where to begin?
As others have pointed out, the leads have NO chemistry, to the point where it actually turned my stomach to see them together, and not even because of the age difference (Sarah Michelle Gellar actually looks about 40 here...)
SMG is supposed to be playing a bright, vivacious, preternaturally smart young woman. She comes across as a sullen sorority girl. Her acting was terrible, especially during a scene where she is supposed to be drunk. The movie gives you no indication as to why a legendary editor would be interested in her, other than issues with his daughter (which the movie hints at).
She and her family are supposed to be Jewish. Those were the WASP-iest Jews I've ever seen...
The dialogue... oh boy. A bunch of seventh grader references to major literary texts doesn't make the script sound smart.