It's not a brilliant idea to base a whole movie on. A guy who gets hexed by a girl, and that he'll never find true love and every girl he ever dates will meet her true love after she sleeps with him. The 1st real howler goof is he's somewhere between 10 and 12 at that party in 1985. I know it nicely avoids saying what year the "present day" is but he'd be at least 33. He doesn't look over 25, he doesn't look old enough at all.
Dane Cook just isn't famous enough to be playing this kind of lead role. I know him from Employee of the Month where he wasn't the star there, that guy out of Scrubs was. Jessica Alba is the big name in this movie and that's real sad. Because she just is not famous enough to be playing a female lead in this kind of movie either. I know they said Jennifer Love Hewitt (whoever she is?) turned this down, but this struck me as a kind of Reece Witherspoon or Heather Graham kind of role to be honest. It almost reminded me of Heathers role in "The Guru".
I'm guessing this is aimed at couples or 20 somethings. It's a bit heavy on the gratuitous nudity during the really awful and pointless sex montage scene. Obviously the eventual outcome of this movie is predictable that they hook up and even the horrendous best friend gets himself a girl as well. If you took the worst parts of "Wedding Crashers" and either Van Wilder film, you'd be just about in the right ball park for the script of this movie. Alba brings nothing to her role, likewise Cook. Best avoided, it's destined for the DVD bargain bin I hope.
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