You’d think by now
Cute couple? Check.
Romantic location? Check.
“Obstacles” to romance? Yup.
“Wacky,” witty friends of each young lover? Check and check.
But if it was just a formula, then you could hire any hack — say, the chap who did “Ghostrider,” to turn
It’s got cute Kristen playing Beth, a curator at the Guggenheim. She has a quirky staff. Note to whoever cast
And Beth has a younger sister (
Those coins were wishes, and the men who tossed them — a sausage magnate played by
One cute scene — Nick and Beth date in a blackout
restaurant, where diners can’t see each other or their food. We watch
that train wreck through night-vision goggles. Duhamel (the
“Transformers” movies) has a light touch — glibbing through scenes with
his cut-rate and generally unamusing sidekicks.
But Bell? Despite “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” she
doesn’t have Meg’s make-us-laugh-at-her-pain thing or Julia’s sass of
Sandy’s lovelorn shtick. This trip to the Eternal City feels
interminable, thanks to her.
When in Rome
1 1/2 stars (out of 4)
Cast:
Director:
Running time: 1 hour, 28 minutes
Industry rating: PG-13 for some suggestive content
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