| Review Date: Director: Donald Petrie Writer: Tom Schulman Producers: Marc Frydman, Basil Iwanyk, Tom Schulman Actors: Ray Romano Gene Hackman Maura Tierney |
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The film features a few big “confrontation” scenes as well, any of which might’ve been ripe for comedy, but neither of the two televised debates, the golf showdown or the “big date” were memorable in any way, shape or form. As for the film’s flimsy plotline, I predicted whom Hackman would end up with from the first 30 seconds that he showed up on screen, so I’m not exactly sure what that says. Furthermore, if you’re going to present Romano’s character as the typical commitment-phobic male, how about adding a little spice to it, instead of continually cramming his lame inability to either commit or even comprehend the bare notion of “commitment”, throughout the entire movie. If there’s a denser man in the world than the individual whom Romano portrays in this film, I’d like to see him. Dude, she only “hints” about getting married about a zillion times to your face. Are you that dumb? At least I had an excuse. My ex- never brought up the subject (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!) That said, the film is short, paces itself quite nicely, features a fun, small town “feel”, as well as a complementary score, but sadly doesn’t deliver in the one department that any comedy should distribute in spades: humor. Rent TIN MEN for a funny version of a movie featuring two hard-headed guys fighting it out over the same girl or CHANGING LANES for a serious film about two knuckleheads who continually feel the need to one-up the other. Skip this port.