Reese Witherspoon is very talented. I am shocked there was a time she was doing material like this, but apparently there was. The plot is very thin. Rudd has a girlfriend from high school who won't do anything with him until marriage. Obviously then he is suffering from severe blue balls. After he calls his sweety and her roommate picks up suggesting that she is cheating on him... Rudd's character starts complaining to anyone who will listen, eventually, that includes a stripper with a heart of gold... Ivy. Ivy is a 1990s stripper with a heart of gold. Meaning she doesn't actually get naked and she is also a college student. Ok then. Ivy tells him to send his sweety a letter implying he is cheating first and send it via overnight mail. Yes "Road Trip" stole this plot. The next day after sending the letter the girlfriend leaves a message explaining the situation so that Rudd character has to get the letter back and has Ivy help him.
For me, there is a weird motivation problem here. Rudd is dying to have sex and as pretty as Christine Taylor is... Reese Witherspoon is just as pretty and cute and very interested in Rudd's character. For him to be rebuffing Reese with his singular focus on his girlfriend seems ... odd.
Paul Rudd is a good actor but here I am not sure he had any clue what or who his character was. He changes wildly from scene to scene and I am not sure I see any reason for Reese's character to be interested in him.
But Reese really sells the character and for that alone I would say this is worth a watch.
For me, there is a weird motivation problem here. Rudd is dying to have sex and as pretty as Christine Taylor is... Reese Witherspoon is just as pretty and cute and very interested in Rudd's character. For him to be rebuffing Reese with his singular focus on his girlfriend seems ... odd.
Paul Rudd is a good actor but here I am not sure he had any clue what or who his character was. He changes wildly from scene to scene and I am not sure I see any reason for Reese's character to be interested in him.
But Reese really sells the character and for that alone I would say this is worth a watch.