Ok, so this brief synopsis would seem to suggest that the plot is perhaps more linear than I first indicated but - believe me - it doesn't feel that way watching it. It's also difficult to fathom exactly what it is that Adam sees in Emma that keeps him knocking at her door for 15 years. She's cold, hard and emotionless, and it's not as if he's so unappealing that no one else will have him. The film attempts to tackle this objection by showing Adam that the only other women can attract are shallow bimbos and good-hearted kooks with overlarge mouths. It's just not credible, but then neither is Emma's final conversion to the wonders of emotionally engaged love.
It's no easy task to develop an opinion on Kutcher's screen presence since he doesn't really have one. He's sort of just there, delivering his lines and avoiding the furniture. He's a pretty face without much personality, inoffensive but unmemorable. Portman reveals her rarely seen lighter side and while she proves herself competent at comedy she's no Jennifer Aniston. And both of them are too old to be convincing as teenagers! Kevin Kline is wasted in an underdeveloped cameo as Adam's lecherous, self-centred dad. I kept expecting him to do or say something funny but he never did.
I've already devoted more attention to this film than it deserves so I'll say no more other than it is only to be recommended for the very easily entertained.
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