Jack's life began to turn upside down on Christmas Eve when he stumbled into a grocery store and disarmed the gunman. The next day, Jack finds himself next to Kate, his college sweetheart, who left to pursue his career on one bed. There is no previous life, Jack's former life no longer exists and perhaps everything has changed completely. Jack stumbles into this alternative world and finds himself in a state of confusion. There are only two ways to choose one, either his high career or the woman he loves.
A series of moments, sentimental and comic, that never do add up to a coherent fable.
Film4
September 19, 2008
Leoni is a revelation. Vibrant and gorgeous, she plays her role of the determined mother in love with teasing, salty charm, providing just enough grit to save the film from Ratner's slushy direction.
It's the sort of steamroller seasonal entertainment calculated to make us average folks out here feel temporarily warm and happy about our averageness.
Supercala.com
December 31, 2005
I voted for the happy ending, thusly, my enjoyment was diminished.
It's rare that an American movie lets slip such a snobbish distaste for the humdrum lives of its blue-collar audience base, but of course it doesn't last.
