I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Although the characters ARE well developed, I found this movie to be very irritating. There are so many faults to it. Many of the outcomes make absolutely no sense, the humor is lacking and the antagonist of the movie is so unlikable that it literally pains me to watch the interactions he has with his humble and (somewhat) normal brother.I honestly cannot comprehend the outcome of this movie. It just portrays relationships as these appearance and first whim based things. I don't understand how these people are so young and quick to marry people. And to add to it, you don't even get any back story on either of the relationship between the characters and even if you do it meager, pointless and doesn't say much. Micky is the hopeless (and immoral) romantic who marries a woman he meets in a cab whose asshole, chauvinistic and rash brother has an affair with his brothers former fiancée whom of which when he finds out is a hooker, realizes that he made a mistake and wants his wife back? Just horrible. Horrible story line, the family is just completely unsettling and dysfunctional as they constantly put Micky down for his job as a taxi driver and everyone is just cheating on everyone. Makes me wanna gouge my eyes out and then cry for these people because it's all just so twisted and sickening.

Good job burying Aniston in the script, because she won't amount to much, and OD'ing us on whatever else is left. Not one genuinely funny moment. Too malicious for romance. Too lost for drama. I'll leave it as 90's puffery.The chemistry between Mickey and Hope, the couple we're suppose to cheer for, was non-existent. The brotherly relationship between Mickey and Francis was undercut, well... by the acting. Besides Aniston, the very little of her, this film provides nothing that works. What was this film trying to portray, what was the message, what was the point? Answer: its Sex In The City meets Friends minus the talent, the writing and the humor.

A major distraction is that almost everyone smokes throughout the movie. Smoking not only adds nothing to character development, it actually distracts viewers from the dialog and the plot. In the past, smoking was used to distinguish good characters (protagonists) from the bad (antagonists), much as the good guys in cowboy movies wore white hats,while the bad guys wore black. In this movie, even the good guys (including Jennifer Aniston's character) smoke, and we found it to be unrealistic and distracting.It seemed to be just one long "sickaret" commercial.Can't help but wonder who was given how much money to have almost every actor in the movie smoke.

Edward Burns is to be admired for directing this (in places) wonderful "slice of life", examining the intricacies of relationships, the ideas of romantic love and sibling rivalry. The family unit (Mike McGlone, Edward Burns, John Mahoney) is excellently conveyed. The father and younger brother (an impressive performance from both the actors) display (initially) a rampant misogynist, a far cry from the character Edward Burns plays.The cast is rounded off with a very good Jennifer Aniston as the cheated-against wife, who has her "needs", not fulfilled sexually, a beautiful and contained Maxine Bahns and a vulnerable and (at the same time) brittle and almost defiant Cameron Diaz.It's a good movie, with good acting, and good lines.As in all Romantic Comedies, the story is quite predictable. However, it's an engaging film, and involves the viewer.Recommended