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A mother and daughter con team are out to make one last sting....a big one at that. So far so unoriginal. Sigourney Weaver & Jennifer Love Hewitt are the team in question. Fans of T&A will not be disappointed with Hewitt's contributions.

Romantic comedies lasting over two hours can be dangerous territory. However, this flows pretty well and on only a couple of occasions are you left anxious for the inevitable ending....that said there is a tiny sting to look forward to.

Vibrant and colourful it's a fairly enjoyable couple of hours but I felt Gene Hackman's chain smoking character could have been more humorously employed.

If you have two hours to waste and you enjoy the romantic comedy genre you could do worse than watch this.

Compelling stuff. Tim Robbins as a Vietnam veteran who is experiencing some rather strange goings on. Well, that's an understatement actually. His life is in constant danger and is not helped by flashbacks to the war and a marriage during which a son died. Is it the extremely spooky people with no faces trying to kill him or is the US Government involved ?

The film dispenses such an aura of claustrophobia that the viewer is in danger of becoming as haunted as Robbins. As the movie progresses and his experiences become more and more surreal you are half expecting no satisfactory conclusion to the story. Far from it - the finale makes you play the whole movie through your mind again and it's then you realize you've just witnessed a terrific film.

Dare I say I enjoyed this movie. It was a Saturday morning, I had a hangover and I was taking the children to the movies. I hoped to get a bit of shut eye but found myself laughing more and more at Mike Myers as the cat in the hat. He just seemed to be enjoying himself so much that it became infectious. Eyes closed and you could mistake the cat for Herman Munster as he proudly chuckles at one goof after another.

I also enjoyed Alec Baldwin's character and the downward spiral he found himself unable to halt.

Bright, funny and did not outstay it's welcome plus the children enjoyed it.

I maybe in a minority but I'd recommend it.....and it cured the hangover.