A divorced
woman starts a relationship with her much younger male nanny.
I really
don’t understand why this one was rated above the current atrocious crop of American
comedies. The laughs are few and far between, some vague smiles and a couple of
chuckles really. It’s still disconcerting how they make dozens of these rom-coms
without any noticeable comic element in them.
The
romantic part dwells on the aforementioned unusual relationship, subplots are
virtually absent, not even the customary gay best friend that usually enlivens
and comments these kind of affairs.
It is
somewhat interesting and there are some nice insights on the perks of such a high
age difference but then Hollywood Puritanism strikes back basically declaring
that this stuff simply cannot be and that a big age gap is really too much of a
hurdle. Considering the highly publicized relationship that Catherine Zeta
Jones, the female lead, has with Michael Douglas, 25 years older, this is
simply baffling.
This movie
certainly got his niche audience, basically MILF lovers and cougars apparently,
but everybody else should stay clear.
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