This movie had a great future as a romantic comedy. The basic plot was fantastic and all the comedic elements were there: shrewish, spoiled movie star, unappreciated assistant, the confused but charming object of their affections, and a harangued manager trying to please everyone at once and failing miserably at it.
First, the whole "finding himself" montage with Cusack's character was just useless. I mean, a total waste of space. Then the lack of chemistry between Cusack and Roberts failed to have the audience rooting for them to make a connection. The only main character to really pull off her part was Zeta-Jones. Maybe in this case, art imitates life because she sure can pull off a diva role like there's no tomorrow.
The storyline kept drifting away from the main plot and eventually had the audience either scratching their heads, trying to figure out what was going on...or begging for it all to be "over with already". I fell into the latter category and, thankfully, will never have to watch this movie again.
First, the whole "finding himself" montage with Cusack's character was just useless. I mean, a total waste of space. Then the lack of chemistry between Cusack and Roberts failed to have the audience rooting for them to make a connection. The only main character to really pull off her part was Zeta-Jones. Maybe in this case, art imitates life because she sure can pull off a diva role like there's no tomorrow.
The storyline kept drifting away from the main plot and eventually had the audience either scratching their heads, trying to figure out what was going on...or begging for it all to be "over with already". I fell into the latter category and, thankfully, will never have to watch this movie again.