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Title: A few laughs early on...but no chemistry.
Review: Being gay doesn't stop you from pulling off a heterosexual, romantic comedy. Rock Hudson was the sexiest man on screen to a whole generation,but Rock could act. Ellen isn't an actress, she is a comedian. While Pullman's character initially comes off as suave and sophisticated before degenerating into complete idiocy, Ellen does little more than smile at him as if she were a 12 year old girl out with daddy. The scene where they tear their clothes off to have sex seems completely out of place. It is silly but not really funny. Here her goofy smile just doesn't work. Pullman does a good job with this very shallow role, but he can't make the script work or Ellen seem desirable and sexy enough to be worth the obsession he develops for her.
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