Harden's role in this groan-worthy dramedy is so dreary and ill-conceived that even her formidable talents can't bring it to life.

A romance novel of a movie featuring the world's most stereotypical librarian.

Pat and silly, the movie offers a wheezy moral that a buttoned-up American just needs a sensitive Latino and some ethnic cuisine to end the blues.

Feldman trusts his actors to charm us, which they do - up to a point. But there's only so much that can be wrung out of this spinster-meets-exotic stud, "Summertime"-lite affair.

Costa Rica is a beautiful place to film, and a woman's journey into wholeness can make for a fine story. But Feldman, having established all his stereotypes, refuses to push them beyond the motions you know they have to go through ...