| Scientists have finally perfected and isolated the “cuteness” gene in Reese Witherspoon, and their work is on display to dazzling effect here. Um, that is, you may be dazzled in to spending your hard earned money to see what is, at best, a glorified Lifetime made-for-TV weepie. Don’t.
Look, I like Reese, I really do, but man, she played a shrill harpy in this film. It’s hard to root for her when she’s such an unpleasant character, thus defeating the purpose of all that cuteness engineering. My advice: Catch this one on TV sometime, where it belongs, and hope Reese strikes platinum again with Legally Blond 2.
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