ɹˈaɪɾɚdᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ ˈeɪmi hˈoʊldən dʒˈoʊnz hɐz ɹˈɪʔn̩ ˈʌðɚ ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs skɹˈɪpts bᵻfˈoːɹ, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə wˈʌn fɔːɹ ˌɪndˈiːsənt pɹəpˈoʊzəl, bˌʌt ʃiː dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd ðə lˈɔːdəbəl dʒˈeɪmi lˈiː kˈɜːɾɪs vˈiəkəl lˈʌv lˈɛɾɚz, sˌoʊ ðɛɹ ɹˈiəli ɪz nˈoʊ ɛkskjˈuːs fɚðə ʃˈɪɹ ɪnˈɛptɪtˌuːd ʌv ðɪs mˈuːvi.
Writer-director Amy Holden Jones has written other ridiculous scripts before, including the one for Indecent Proposal, but she directed the laudable Jamie Lee Curtis vehicle Love Letters, so there really is no excuse for the sheer ineptitude of this movie.