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one weak in the knees, a beatnik-like world traveler with a rich dad who has never worked a day in her life. Once this disconcerting character is identified, Grahams' usual liability sinks back in and we grow to enjoy watching her...". She goes on to say the film is cliché ridden, with likeable costars such as Sandra Oh.
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is so conventionally sweet and airy that it could give diabetes to King Kong." He also believes it was adequately directed and blandly written, with inconsistent humour, and nothing an audience hasn't seen before. He gives the film 2 out of 5 stars on content, 3 and a half stars out of five on video,
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