Once again, I rented this movie only because Ewan McGregor is in it. Man, what a disappointment. He doesn't even look that great in this movie. Its like they were going to for the David Bowie look but they forgot that David Bowie is gay (or bi or whatever, who cares).

Anyway, the story *sigh* what a mess. Apparently, the characters are *destined* to be together but unless some angels drop in to help out its not going to happen. They never say why they have to be together. Or why they won't fall in love on their own. Or why they can't fix they're problems themselves...lots of plot holes. Kinda reminds me of the plot holes in Eye of The Beholder, only at least there were *funny* moments in this movie. NOT MANY! But one or two here and there.

I wouldn't say the acting was bad. Its not like they had a lot to work with. Some of the characters I never figured out what was going on with them; like Holly Hunter's character. I know Holly Hunter can act, but her character was suppose to help these too people fall in love and she *really* wanted to kill Ewan McGregor in one particular scene. I don't know why! I wish someone would please explain it to me. I'm not sure if its the director's or the writer's fault.

Anyway, the ending... also a mess. I'm not going to spoil it for you here, but it brought corniness to a whole new level... I mean low... level... It was so bad I could have cried. At least Ewan McGregor was wearing a kilt. That doesn't make up for it too much though.

I really liked this movie in the beginning. It was a fresh start, a funny story, great actors and unusual behavior.

Never has a kidnapper been this clumsy, never a victim this sexy. I was awestruck to see Cameron doing her "we are in our honeymoon" speech at the door... wow, this smile.

But unfortunately, the end of the movie got weirder and weirder. Being shot in the heart and still to survive might be called post-modern art whatever, I just think it is junk. This movie deserved a better finale. Too bad.

By reading the comments here you might get an idea that this is a movie which you "either love or hate". I disagree. Actually I think the truth is quite the opposite - most likely you will be utterly confused by the movie and be very hard pressed to decide whether you liked it or not.

There is a rich girl and a dude with quite a bad luck run going on. The guy kidnaps a girl. There are also some angels whose role isn't clear. A lot of confusing things happen and then the movie ends. With a claymation sequence.

Perhaps if they threw out the whole "angels" angle it would be better. Perhaps the angels are the only thing saving it from being utter dreck. I don't know. That's the most honest comment I can give - I dunno. Much like the angels in question - it seems that even they are not really sure of what are their plans and motivations. But even if I disregard the whole angels and divine intervention stuff, sure fact is that the plot just zigs and zags and has more dead ends then Ozzy Osbourne's hair. Right when you think the movie goes somewhere, the plot throws another tiring curve-ball right up to the end. Which you probably will not like. Or will "get it" and then write essays about it here on the message boards, but let's not go there, I beg you.

For me the biggest complaint is that the movie tries so hard to enter the quite elusive "weird but entertaining" category and constantly fails. It is at times witty, at times trippy, at times baffling but never quite reaches the entertainment level it aims for. I can't say I didn't enjoy it, at times I really felt I'm loving it, but more it went on I couldn't but miss the fact that the creators really didn't have a clue what to do with it or where they wanted it to go. Rewatching further reinforced the fact I had the first time around - the movie's a mess, no matter how much it tried to hide it.

To sum up, this movie is at the same time good and amusing as well as utterly confusing, unpolished and tiresome. So in average it is, well, quite average.

5/10