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Steve Martin
Claire Danes
Jason Schwartzman
Bridgette Wilson
Sam Bottoms
Frances Conroy

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Steve Martin takes on the role of a wealthy businessman in Los Angeles who courts a lowly shop girl. The shop girl is also being courted by another younger man who has big dreams in Rock N' Roll. Will any of them find true love? -- GOD_NOtLIKELY

09/20/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

pay the price

A wise examination of love, relationships and heartbreak from different perspectives; Danes is perfectly cast as a lonely dreamer with big plans for herself that she just hasn't gotten around to yet; Martin is a weary millionaire (well cast in a straight dramatic role) and Schwartzman does what he does best, playing the annoying schlub. Final Grade: B

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08/01/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

A new side of Martin...

Steve Martin did a wonderful job with this film. The characters were smart, witty, endearing and real. The only complaint I had was that with Steve Martin both in the film and narrating from a point of view that wasn't his character's it got a little distracting. But all and all this is a very well put together story that restores my faith in old sayings "everything happens for a reason" and "somtimes you don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone."

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