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charm to sustain early attention. It's never an intelligent farce, though, opting for pie-in-the-face philosophy rather than cleverness. One major problem of the film is that this unconventional farce too quickly forgets the building relationship for the dissolving one." Nevertheless, the movie was the ninth-most viewed prime time show in the United States for the week of its release.
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Robert is a successful business man in L.A. who constantly competes with his business partner Joe Kimbel. For his latest bet, Robert is challenged to take in a mail-order bride and not have sex with her for two weeks. Soon, Kate packs her bags and travels to Los
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