When a line of love dialogue includes “You’re the sun, the moon and the stars,” you know you’re in for a trite mess. Brooke Shields has the title role. She attends her daughter’s destination wedding (another romcom staple), only to find that the groom’s dad is her former beau (Benjamin Bratt). Besides being painfully predictable (I even said some of the lines as they were uttered), the dialogue is miserably mundane. Shields has never impressed me as an actor and this role won’t change that. Her wooden delivery and embarrassing attempts at physical humor fall flat. Bratt, on the other hand, is effortlessly sexy and continually charming. In this genre, there’s usually a wacky character to add some comic fun. Even though there were opportunities with the sex-obsessed sister (Rachael Harris) and the best-friend gay couple (Michael McDonald & Wilson Cruz), they’re simply dull. The exotic location in Thailand has been seen before and to better advantage. Other than Bratt coming out of the shower, there’s NOTHING about this film to recommend it. 
(0.5 / 5)
