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Title: What a waste!
Review: This movie COULD have been great as a romantic comedy. All the elements were there--great actors, a fun premise. Great in theory, lousy in execution. McGregor comes off so weak and bumbling that he's completely ineffectual as the male lead. It's bad enough that he plays such a complete doofus, but did they have to give him what's probably the worst wardrobe and haircut I've ever seen on the guy!? Diaz's character is such a witch that you don't care whether or not she's happy in the end. Both of these flawed characters could have worked if there had been any character development at all, but mostly the viewer is just supposed to believe that these two people deserve happiness because the fates and divine guidance say so. You start out rooting for them, but 20 minutes into the story and you just don't care about either one of them. Both stars deserve better.
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