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Movie Reviews: 'A Lot Like Love'
22 April 2005 (StudioBriefing)
Several critics are suggesting that the target audience for Nigel Cole's A Lot Like Love, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, are the characters in Dumb and Dumber. "The movie is 95 minutes long, and neither character says a single memorable thing," writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times. "You've heard of being too clever by half? [The two lead characters] are not clever enough by three-quarters." Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe allows that the movie is not targeted at him -- or his colleagues. "The producers of this stillborn romantic comedy are betting there are many more college girls than there are testy movie critics, and they're doubtless correct. That doesn't change the cold, hard fact that their movie is a dog, with fleas." Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News calls the movie "ditsy" and remarks, "Any movie starring Ashton Kutcher requires our suspension of disbelief, but extra forgiveness is required for Nigel Cole's A Lot Like Love." Indeed, Kutcher provides a wide target for several critics, with Peter Howell in the Toronto Star landing a K.O. To wit: "Ashton Kutcher continues to be a punch line for which no satisfactory joke has yet been written."

'Bridget Jones' Director Wrangle
26 May 2003 (WENN)
The sequel to smash hit Bridget Jones's Diary has hit yet another stumbling block - this time over who will direct it. According to reports in the British press, superstar lead Renee Zellweger wants to replace producer's favorite Beeban Kidron with Calendar Girls filmmaker Nigel Cole. Renee, who will reportedly bag $16 million plus ten per cent of profits for reprising the role in The Edge Of Reason - is pressing producers to drop Kidron for Cole. However, those close to Cole suggest he'd be reluctant to take on somebody else's project after the expected success of Calendar Girls - which is due out in September. Britain's Daily Mail claim film bosses are currently trying to persuade Zellweger to let them stick with Kidron - whose previous hits include To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar.