This is the film where Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz fight over Dermot Mulroney. Director P.J.Hogan, best known for his ultra-cynical Australian comedy "Muriel's Wedding" (1995), does an excellent job of combining sweetness with meaness, sunny optimism with bitchy sarcasm and sentimentality with ruthlessness. Best of all is Rupert Everett, a gay knight in shining armour riding to the rescue of a damsel-in-distress, while charming crowds with Burt Bacharach songs and sharp one-liners ("I don't send you men anymore", he tells Julia Roberts, "you don't have the faintest idea what to do with them"). Songs include:
"Wishin' And Hopin'" ***
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" **
"I Say A Little Prayer" ***
