Rating: PG13
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 06/04/2002
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Popular comic and television personality
Ellen DeGeneres had her first starring role in a feature film in this
black comedy.
Martha Alston (
DeGeneres) is a thirtysomething single working as a producer for a
talk show. Ever since
Martha's younger sister got married, her parents have been after her to settle down, but
Martha has had little luck finding the right guy. On Valentine's Day,
Martha is depressed and drinking at a bar when she meets
Whitman Crawford (
Bill Pullman), who seems like the perfect man -- he's good looking, sensitive, intelligent, and affectionate. However, when she makes the mistake of telling her new beau that he can be himself around her, she discovers the real Whitman -- he's a horrible poet, he likes awful music, he enjoys shoplifting ("Stolen beer just tastes better!"), and he's a borderline psychotic who doses her with LSD for fun. What's more, his mother (
Joan Plowright) and ex-girlfriend (
Joan Cusack) hate
Martha's guts and don't mind telling her so. So how can
Martha convince her friends and family that she wants nothing to do with the man of her dreams? More importantly, how does she convince
Whitman?
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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