Story by Arleen Sorkin (no relation) & Paul Slansky & May Quigley, screenplay credited to Sorkin & Slansky and Caron. We all know what that means. Don't we?
The gorgeous ad exec Jennifer Aniston finds her colleague rogue Kevin Bacon only finds her attractive when he thinks she's with another man - what a shit! (That's enough to put her off to start with don't you think?) Moment at party where gorgeous Jen in gorgeous dress is standing on her own is nonsense - would have been men all around her, and women, knowing the advertising game as I do. Anyway then she has to make one up so gets Jay Mohr to act as BF - naturally he falls for her. And you know exactly where it's going to go, but that's fine.
One thing - I think Olympia Dukakis is underused - should have brought her in to third act (or last third of movie, if you want to put it that way). With Illeana Douglas.
I bought it because it's edited by Robert Sleepless in Seattle Reitano (who you'll remember started as being one of Dede's boys) and it's a polished piece. Not sure why it's rated so low on IMDB at 5.5. Gorgeous Jen should give it at least 6.5 automatically.
Photographed by Paul Sarossy, music by Carter Burwell.
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