ca_localgirl

This was a short, charming and nonsensical movie which I really enjoyed. There are lots of good laugh scenes, and the plot keeps moving at a fast enough pace.

There were some cute quirks in the story line itself that made the movie and characters even more enjoyable, despite the rest of the plot being fairly predictable.

Michael Caton, who played the mad animal doctor, was absolutely hilarious. Rob Schneider does a really good portrayal of Marvin, the goofy wannabe police officer whose life is saved by getting rebuilt with animal parts after a big accident. He's definitely a funny actor who pulls off this type of roll well, and with impeccable timing. Marvin's love interest, played by Colleen Haskell, delivered her lines ok enough but the chemistry didn't really seem to be there between the two. The Rianna character definitely had the potential to be one of the more interesting characters, but most scenes with her in it had Marvin stealing (or saving) the scene.

All in all, this is a really fun comedy and delivers a laughable viewing experience. Of course it's completely unbelievable at times, but that just adds to the amusement if you let it. Don't expect it to make sense, just sit back, be entertained, and get ready to laugh!

This is one of the movies where the trailer gives away the whole plot, and the movie reveals no unexpected events, twists or ideas. The main message of this movie is cute, heartwarming and inspiring, but its method of delivering this is way overdone. The exact same situations and thoughts are repeatedly presented to you over and over again. It seems long and drawn out, with the situations that were designed to create suspense being overly predictable, silly and annoying.

I have only seen three John Cusak movies (this one, America's Sweethearts and High Fidelity), and I'm about to conclude that Cusak is a mediocre actor, at best. His character, Jonathan Trager, is barely likeable in this movie. He is insensitive and uncaring towards his current girlfriend, he comes off as creepy and desperate when he first meets his mystery lady played by Kate Beckinsale. This was probably one of Molly Shannon's better performances, however that's not saying much...

If you've seen the trailer, you've already seen all the originality the movie has to offer.

This was a pretty good movie as far as a teen thriller/horror flick. LeeLee Sobieski was unexpectedly absent for at least the entire first half of the movie, so at the beginning it appears to be the humorous story of Lewis and Fuller (played by Paul Walker and Steve Zahn) as they travel across country. At one point, the movie felt like all events had summed up, everything went back to normal, about half way through. It could have ended right there but there's a definite second wind of scary action, dread, car chases, suspense and terror. This movie was like seeing "I Know What You Did Last Summer" AND "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" in one. Ted Levine is terrifying enough in his radio broadcasts and telephone calls to rival the scenes from the villain from "Scream". This was, surprisingly, one of the better movies in this genre, managing to put an original twist on the stuff Urban Legends are made of.