| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | Cinema |
Lovesick Fool
Sometimes crass, unimaginative and contrived comedy that works because Drew BARRYMORE never drops out of character, yet never appears to be acting - so natural is her performance.
BARRYMORE’s eternally-girlish quality is never once in conflict with her appealing womanliness: She is at once a full-grown woman; while seeking a masculine protector. Adam SANDLER cannot match her for sheer charisma, but plays the lovesick fool well.
The jokes, when they come, are of high quality and very much to the point. This is more a film about the emotional aridity of Western culture, with its materialistic concerns, than it is about true love. The latter is a state of mind that the movie never defines, yet this is one of the better romantic comedies you will ever see because it will make you cry genuine tears.
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