This is what we needed. Beautiful people fighting over one another where cost is no inhibitor and neither is reality. The new Captain Kirk and Frodo's roided out cousin are CIA agents that fall for the same girl, realize it and spend 3/4 of the film submarining one anothers date nights with all sorts of government resources at their disposal. Reese Witherspoon, who I never tire of watching for some reason, is the girl that is so sideways and indecisive due to her good fortune of dating two buff guys that she can't turn one loose and standard romantic comedy hilarity ensues. The best part of this movie was her sister, played by Chelsea Handler who is WAY over the top direct on relationship advice and made me laugh out loud a couple times. There's also a fantastic paintball scene that anyone that's ever played paintball thinks they can pull off, but end up getting shot in the first 10 seconds by guys like this. Overall it's a good date flick. Lots of action, decent writing for a romantic comedy and acted like you'd expect an episode of 24 meets Melrose Place. Everyone is strangely rich in this movie too and I can't figure out why. Do CIA agents really take home that much green? I mean, the new Captain Kirk was driving a new Audi R8 Spider. Looks like somebody's been skimming off the arms dealers evidence again. If you are on a first date, this has enough sexual innuendo and make out scenes to make you really uncomfortable which is always a plus and for couples, it's a light enough movie to hang out with your spouse, laugh and realize that we never looked that good, but then we also don't work for the CIA or Consumer Reports.Class this a classic date flick. Romance for the girls and spys for the guys.
Rated R - didn't know it until I did this review, could have been PG13 
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