Synopsis
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul mate. Because his job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country following Steve, with the encouragement of a reporter, turning up at media events he's at to convince him they are perfect for each other. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for who she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey.
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Cast
- Sandra BullockMary Horowitz
- Bradley CooperSteve
- Thomas Haden ChurchHartman
- Ken JeongAngus
- Katy MixonElizabeth
- DJ QuallsHoward
- Keith DavidCorbitt
- Howard HessemanMr. Horowitz
- Beth GrantMrs. Horowitz
- M.C. GaineyNorm the Truck Driver
Recommendations
- 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Bullock, easing into her mid-40s with box-office mojo intact, remains the star attraction as the annoyingly endearing Mary. You simply can't imagine another actor of her stature pulling it off. - 50
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There are good movies to be made about romantic obsession, but the premise doesn't work if the crazy stalker isn't juxtaposed with a sympathetic victim. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
The screenplay by Kim Barker requires Bullock to behave in an essentially disturbing way that began to wear on me. It begins as merely peculiar, moves on to miscalculation and becomes seriously annoying. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Struggles mightily to find its loony essence. But Bullock's apple-cheeked larkishness is all flailing limbs and bug-eyed reaction shots - there's no there there. Cooper's character is woefully underwritten, Church's is yet another vain anchorman-wannabe cartoon. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
A viewer is challenged to guess what the filmmakers thought they were doing. A 1930s screwball comedy with a modern sensibility? A misguided valentine to those who march to the beat of a different drummer? - 10
Variety
Sitting through the picture is an endurance test. - 0
Miami Herald
Insulting, witless comedy. - 0
Chicago Reader
Packaged as a romantic comedy but devoid of comedy or romance, this baffling train wreck stars Sandra Bullock as a tediously kooky constructor of crossword puzzles for a Sacramento newspaper.
