Title: Proof that great actors can't save lousy writing
Product review: It's like a college freshman's attempt at a Tracy/Hepburn film. Can one hang an entire tale on a used-to-be-trendy restaurant? Can one hope to add artistic/intellectual credibility by tossing in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book as a plot device? One can certainly try, and someone did, but the results are beyond disappointing.John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, and Eugene Freakin' Levy?!? Was this movie a trade-off for other projects they wanted to do? All four are accomplished, smart, talented actors but this flick was a D - O - G dog. I don't expect much depth out of a romantic comedy but it isn't much fun when you can not only predict what's going to happen, but you can actually predict what the actors are going to say minutes before they say it.Without John Cusack attached to it, I doubt this beast would pass muster as a Lifetime Television Movie.
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