This is a popcorn movie with aspirations to quality, but it fails on either level.
The romance doesn't work, because we're not made to care about the characters played by Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt; the humour doesn't work, because the movie's trying way too hard to be "hip"; and the attempts at serious moments don't work, because almost nothing in the movie has anything to do with reality.
The only thing this has going for it is James Gandolfini, and I'm not just saying that because he's gorgeous. Surprisingly (and refreshingly), the fact that his character is a gay hit man is not played for laughs. Unfortunately, it doesn't serve a purpose either.
The romance doesn't work, because we're not made to care about the characters played by Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt; the humour doesn't work, because the movie's trying way too hard to be "hip"; and the attempts at serious moments don't work, because almost nothing in the movie has anything to do with reality.
The only thing this has going for it is James Gandolfini, and I'm not just saying that because he's gorgeous. Surprisingly (and refreshingly), the fact that his character is a gay hit man is not played for laughs. Unfortunately, it doesn't serve a purpose either.