This film is a down to earth story about two farm boy brothers who live with their "Old Ma" who does their cooking, cleaning and advising.
The older brother, Jake (Tim Blake Nelson), is a stereotypical farmer: honest, hard working, not at all flashy, the kind of guy most women find boring.
The younger brother, Josh (David Arquette), is every woman's dream: a man who needs to be MOTHERED.
When their "Old Ma" dies, the guys are desperate for someone to keep house and cook for them. They head to Saint-Petersburg, Russia on a romance tour with a real life company known as A Foreign Affair.
The strength of this film is that it is as honest as the character Jake. It depicts the exciting potential of romance across cultures that exist thousands of miles apart. It shows the sincere seekers of love and marriage and family life; but it also shows the gold digging women who are mainly interested in financial gain; and it also shows the lecherous guys who are less suited for a romance tour than they are for a "perverted sex tour" to Bangkok, Thailand.
All in all, a film that is very well done, and genuine. One particular highlight is the character of journalist Angela Beck, excellently played by Emily Mortimer, whom some may recognize as the woman to whom Val Kilmer gives a cross containing a microchip, the newlywed wife whose unfaithful husband already has a girlfriend, in the movie "The Saint." And her name may be familiar to fans of "Rumpole of the Bailey." Emily's father John Mortimer is the author of the Rumpole stories.
The older brother, Jake (Tim Blake Nelson), is a stereotypical farmer: honest, hard working, not at all flashy, the kind of guy most women find boring.
The younger brother, Josh (David Arquette), is every woman's dream: a man who needs to be MOTHERED.
When their "Old Ma" dies, the guys are desperate for someone to keep house and cook for them. They head to Saint-Petersburg, Russia on a romance tour with a real life company known as A Foreign Affair.
The strength of this film is that it is as honest as the character Jake. It depicts the exciting potential of romance across cultures that exist thousands of miles apart. It shows the sincere seekers of love and marriage and family life; but it also shows the gold digging women who are mainly interested in financial gain; and it also shows the lecherous guys who are less suited for a romance tour than they are for a "perverted sex tour" to Bangkok, Thailand.
All in all, a film that is very well done, and genuine. One particular highlight is the character of journalist Angela Beck, excellently played by Emily Mortimer, whom some may recognize as the woman to whom Val Kilmer gives a cross containing a microchip, the newlywed wife whose unfaithful husband already has a girlfriend, in the movie "The Saint." And her name may be familiar to fans of "Rumpole of the Bailey." Emily's father John Mortimer is the author of the Rumpole stories.