It ultimately succumbs to formula and relies far too much on cheap, vulgar laughs.
Honest and truthful, with characters who are easy root for
Barrymore and Long are likable enough performers and they do their professional best with this material.
This slick film pushes the envelope on sexual relationships that Friends opened and, like Friends, it's well served by its attractive central duo.
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are rather let down by an unremittingly coarse script.
Long and Barrymore are both decent and likeable comic performers – and their on-screen chemistry is beyond doubt. But this cliché-riddled twaddle does neither any favours.
If so, it sits awkwardly with the Eighties-loving vibe that permeates the rest of the action.
General release. Check local listings for show times.