Mary Horowitz writes crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald. When kids at a career day make fun of her for being single, she accepts a blind date with Steve. He is the cameraman for a CNN-like news network. Within minutes she decides he's the man for her. He's quickly put off by her constant talking and over-the-top advances. He makes an off-hand remark about going on the road with her and he splits. She's moonstruck, she writes a sappy crossword puzzle, loses her job and decides to follow him. The news team is crisscrossing the Southwest. Steve’s team eggs her on. She falls into a mine shaft and they become a story but is it a love story?
This offbeat comedy includes some sexual content. Sandra Bullock strips down to her bra and Bradley Cooper is shirtless in the film's one love scene. There are humorous but continuous references to sex, dating and unrequited, obsessive infatuation, in other words stalking!! There is mild language included and frequent use of words some swear words. There's a brief glimpse of adults drinking beer with meals. There's a little bit of mild peril when characters get stuck in potentially dangerous situations and a few cartoonish incidences. 3* (this movie is OK)
99 min, Comedy directed by Phil Traill and written by Kim Barker with Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Howard Hesseman, Keith David, Beth Grant, Katy Mixon, M.C. Gainey, Holmes Osborne, Delaney Hamilton, Jason Jones, Carlos Gomez, George Sharperson.
Note: Imdb 4.8* out of 120* with 40,154 ratings, Rotten Tomatoes 6% with 140 critic reviews 30% with 250,000+ audience scores, Roger Ebert 1 1/2*, Richard Propes the independentcritic.com, Grade D- or 1/2*, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen 2* out of 4*, age 14+, 1* violence, consumerism and drinking, drugs & smoking, 3* sex and language.
Special Note: Sandra Bullock won the Golden Raspberry ("Razzie") Award for Worst Actress for this film!! She appeared in person at the event to claim her prize. She became only the second actress to accept the award in person after Halle Berry in 2005. Bullock brought a wagon full of DVDs of the film for the three hundred attendees!! She stated that she believed most voters had not actually watched the film and voted for her just to see if she would appear at the ceremony. She asked them to watch or re-watch the film and if the audience changed their minds and decided she was not the "Worst Actress", Bullock promised to come to the ceremony next year, return her award, and buy drinks for everybody. When Mary is soaking in the tub, the song in the background is sung by Helga Bullock, Sandra's mother.
Mistakes: If Mary knows enough sign language to understand the little deaf girl, she should have been signing to her instead of just speaking to her? When Mary falls into the hole, she lets go of the umbrella. When the station manager reviews the footage, she falls in with the umbrella. When Mary is running next to the news van, cars are in a parking lot behind her including a white Toyota Camry. As she continues running, she runs past the same parking lot with the same Camry visible in the background? One of the many problems with Howard's car is that, "reverse doesn't work," but when we first see the car in the hospital parking lot it has obviously been reversed into its spot?
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