In the beginning, this has a bit of a corny feel with a playboy picking up on and lying to women. They're setting the stage obviously as that leads him to a girl sitting by herself building a waffle house. They have a moment, and the next time they meet, she's clueless as to who he is.
The movie meanders for a bit, but then this girl has a bad day. What ensues is a day of enlightenment and the movie suddenly gets a lot more serious.
As the day comes to a close, the Father asks this playboy if he might not want to stick around, saying he's earned a couple of beers.
At that point, the movie turns and it just keeps getting better. I found it fascinating, because many movies get to the midpoint and they don't always go in a favorable direction. But instead of fighting things, the Father is on board and it leads to a really wonderful ending where you see how they've essentially mastered this seemingly impossible situation.
So that's about the best way that I can describe the movie without getting specific and blowing it for anyone. Granted the movie is some 20 years old, so there shouldn't be any spoilers anyway.
I find it hard to believe anyone will be reading this review prior to watching, but I want to mention this one scene. There's a moment where Lucy's in the evening sun, Henry looks at her and says, in this lighting, man o man, you look... disgusting. She does this sort of cat hissing thing and the whole scene felt so real and natural, like really good improv. I think Drew and Adam are so great together and this movie is much better than The Wedding Singer.
Needless to say, I love this film. If the 1st half were better, it might be worth 9 or 10 stars.
One warning: When I watched on MTV, parts of scenes were actually cut so they could make more time for commercials. It's also censored; when one person flips someone off, it looks like a fist. So if you want your kids to watch, roll with it, otherwise I suggest you buy it or look for it on a real movie channel.
The movie meanders for a bit, but then this girl has a bad day. What ensues is a day of enlightenment and the movie suddenly gets a lot more serious.
As the day comes to a close, the Father asks this playboy if he might not want to stick around, saying he's earned a couple of beers.
At that point, the movie turns and it just keeps getting better. I found it fascinating, because many movies get to the midpoint and they don't always go in a favorable direction. But instead of fighting things, the Father is on board and it leads to a really wonderful ending where you see how they've essentially mastered this seemingly impossible situation.
So that's about the best way that I can describe the movie without getting specific and blowing it for anyone. Granted the movie is some 20 years old, so there shouldn't be any spoilers anyway.
I find it hard to believe anyone will be reading this review prior to watching, but I want to mention this one scene. There's a moment where Lucy's in the evening sun, Henry looks at her and says, in this lighting, man o man, you look... disgusting. She does this sort of cat hissing thing and the whole scene felt so real and natural, like really good improv. I think Drew and Adam are so great together and this movie is much better than The Wedding Singer.
Needless to say, I love this film. If the 1st half were better, it might be worth 9 or 10 stars.
One warning: When I watched on MTV, parts of scenes were actually cut so they could make more time for commercials. It's also censored; when one person flips someone off, it looks like a fist. So if you want your kids to watch, roll with it, otherwise I suggest you buy it or look for it on a real movie channel.