Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I enjoyed this movie. I agree with many reviewers that it has faults. It's none too believable for instance, but what movie is? The problem is that this movie's make-believe world is just too obvious. Deliberately so! That factor didn't worry me. Nor did the ridiculous depiction of the writer himself until the very end when his agent hands him $100,000. Now this is really fairy-tale land! I can put up with a writer who is blank one moment, word-perfect the next, but no agent ever handed any writer an advance of even $10, let alone $100,000! Agents don't give their clients advances. On rare occasions in the past, a publisher might he induced by the author's agent to hand a really consistently bestselling author an advance of $10,000 – from which the agent will subtract at least 10% and maybe even 15% or 20% – but those days are gone with the wind, alas! All the same, despite its faults, this movie is still worth seeing, if only for Kate Hudson who excels here in not one but FIVE roles! Available on an excellent Warner Brothers DVD.

I saw some part of the movie while it has been telecasting on a channel and liked the theme and then go ahead and bought the DVD.Found worth buying it. My formula for any movie 'whether good or bad' is pretty simple, "whether it keep one engaged". If yes then its a good movie at least.And "Alex and Emma" able to engage with its story telling, a difficult task with only two characters and performance of both are extremely good considering the small canvas.After watching the movie I tried Kate Hudson's other movies however yet to watch better than this one...she was simple, sweet yet attractive in the movie as Emma.Its simple, sweet romantic movie and remain fresh in memories...Love it!

Another romantic comedy from K. Hudson that you actually not care about; after all her last movie (How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days) sucks badly. But this movie is actually not that bad and is actually have more senses and have pretty good story line.The movie went great until almost at the end of the movie when it adapted most of the typical romantic movie storyline (i.e. when couple fight and makeup later).Anyway the movie might make it for the romantic movie lover, for then I think it would be boring for everyone else since the movie is quite slow.Recommendation: Worth One Watch (so rent it) Rating: 5.5/10 (Grade: C)

You shouldn't go into this movie expecting it to be the best romantic comedy ever. But for anyone who was hoping it would be more satisfying than "Paris When it Sizzles", it should be quite pleasing. Luke Wilson is incredibly cute and Kate Hudson, although she plays the same character she plays in every other film, is also delightful. The idea behind the story is not completely original, but still unique. They somewhat keep the "Paris" storyline in that Alex is a struggling actor like William Holden's character, Emma is his hired stenographer like Audrey Hepburn's character, and both characters dive into the story they are writing....making it up as they go along. And of course, all ends happily.Cute, light, romantic comedy with both good parts and not-so-good parts.