Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
The film's problems lie with the lack of spark between a wired Dunst and a bland Bloom.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct 2005
rotten:
The entire enterprise smacks of wish-fulfilment provoked by middle-age male guilt. Uplifting, it most certainly ain't.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Crowe's capable of much better than this; let's hope he gets back on track with the next one.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
11 Jan 2007
rotten:
So curious, and such a disappointment.
– Christy Lemire,
Associated Press,
22 Apr 2008
rotten:
The hero's nuclear family and kooky rural relatives are so sketchily conceived that none of the intended comedy works, and the balance of the movie is given over to one of Crowe's sugary romances.