The romantic film begins in New York City, where Molly Gan is a rich, immature young woman who demonstrates her as if she were a princess in a fictional story. Her father was a popular guitarist in rock and roll, died in a plane crash with Molly's mother when she was a little girl. But her life turns upside down. Her manager stole her heirs and now she is looking for a job. She has been hired to be Ray's incubator.
Yakin shuns caricature. His affection for all his feckless characters, even Fanning's narcissistic mom (Heather Locklear), is evident.
Lowell Sun
February 28, 2004
horribly misguided
Empire Magazine Australasia
November 07, 2012
The sheer charisma of the performances - from a screwball Murphy and a caustic Fanning - manages to float a sentimental script that frequently fizzes where it should pop.
Toronto Star
August 21, 2003
Can two over-pampered but fundamentally lonely persons of the blonde female persuasion bond meaningfully with each other while shopping?
Locates Fanning's 'maturity' in a fear of germs that comes off as borderline psychotic, and Murphy's childlike free spirit in her apparent inability to avoid walking into walls.
Though I found Mr. Yakin's direction unexpectedly imaginative, and the script often incongruously subtle, I couldn't get into the spirit of all the whimsy, the reason being the surprising lack of charm in the two leads.