This self proclaimed "unromantic" comedy tries to garner laughs by playing on
the downside of love. What it does is rekindle the misogynistic notion that
women are husband hunters who judge a guy by the size of his, uh, wallet -- and
that they'll stop at nothing to achieve their goal. Successful sit-com writer
Seth (French Stewart, looking like Martin Short and sounding like Jimmy
Stewart) meets babealicious Chelsea (Bridgette Wilson) at the wedding of Larry
(MTV's Bill Bellamy as the sounding-board buddy) and Holly (bland supermodel
Tyra Banks). It's love at first sight -- at least for one half of the
equation.
After a blissful but brief courtship, Chelsea connives her way into
cohabitation, and she has her sights set on a four-carat diamond, a white
wedding, and joint credit cards. Seth balks and Chelsea morphs into the bitch
from hell, putting hair remover in his shampoo, getting him ejected from his
own abode, and then slapping him with a palimony suit. The sophomoric gags that
in a Farrelly film would be considered brass-balled wit here just accentuate
the inane writing and a flaccid plot. The story line does ultimately strike a
cord of inspiration in the rompish conclusion, but by that time all the love is
gone.
--Tom Meek
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