Absolutely loved her as a ditzy teenage Princess Margaret in "A Royal Night Out" and while this movie is less slapstick, she's equally good or even better here. Love the way she plays off Nathan Lane and Gabriel Byrne, although most of the Byrne scenes are long-distance. She's also great with the boy next door and her blind date, not to mention her hapless efforts to manage her "pets."
While Powley is not a conventional movie starlet beauty, this film really shows her at her best advantage, and it was funny to first see her play a brainless teenage Princess obsessed with the Lindy Hop charming the proprietor of a London "knocking shop," and then be equally convincing as a Harvard brainiac charming both a straying fiance and her neighboring musician. Worth your time.
While Powley is not a conventional movie starlet beauty, this film really shows her at her best advantage, and it was funny to first see her play a brainless teenage Princess obsessed with the Lindy Hop charming the proprietor of a London "knocking shop," and then be equally convincing as a Harvard brainiac charming both a straying fiance and her neighboring musician. Worth your time.