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65 out of 100

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  • Starring: Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant
  • Summary: A TV meteorologist (Martin) is fired after taking the weekend off and his relationship with his long-time girlfriend quickly goes south. With everything looking glum, he unexpectedly meets a British journalist (Tennant) on assignment in Los Angeles and falls instantly in love. Thinking he has little chance with her, though, and in desperation he starts a relationship with a ditzy younger woman (Parker) who introduces him to the wonders of rollerskating and colonics. All the while he longs for the journalist.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    The film is astonishing in the amount of material it contains. It isn't thin or superficial; there is an abundance of observation and invention here.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    80
    Basically decent, intelligent and sweet. It's a fanciful romantic comedy whose wildest and craziest notion is that Los Angeles, for all of its eccentricities, is a great place to live.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    There are still plenty of laughs and some inventiveness along the way...although some of the gags and contrived plot moves stumble over their own cuteness.

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