This film has not aged well! The film revolves around a single joke- Ryan Reynolds in a fat suit playing a dorky teen in love with his glamorous best friend, and then suddenly he becomes Ryan Reynolds and the best friend (Amy Smart) fancies him. Because the plot is so run-of-the-mill, Anna Faris is brought in to play a bunny boiling superstar singer who has no talent and relies on manic sex appeal. She is, as intended to be, an incredible nuisance.
Ostensibly it's a rom-com except there's no rom (film seems geared towards men rather than women). The concept of the 'friend zone' is all based around the idea that if a guy is nice to a woman and acts as a friend, she is obliged to have sex with him. Amy Smart as the best friend comes off as a shallow jerk as it basically implies she only fancies him now because he's thin. Reynolds' character is too much of an entitled jerk for us to root for him and there's no chemistry.
The only funny character in it is the love rival Dusty (played by Chris Klein) but that's not enough reason to watch a film that's not even trashy in a fun way.
Ostensibly it's a rom-com except there's no rom (film seems geared towards men rather than women). The concept of the 'friend zone' is all based around the idea that if a guy is nice to a woman and acts as a friend, she is obliged to have sex with him. Amy Smart as the best friend comes off as a shallow jerk as it basically implies she only fancies him now because he's thin. Reynolds' character is too much of an entitled jerk for us to root for him and there's no chemistry.
The only funny character in it is the love rival Dusty (played by Chris Klein) but that's not enough reason to watch a film that's not even trashy in a fun way.
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