You might say that it is all a bit silly.  It’s a kind of Saturday matinee show for an adult audience rather than children.  It’s amusing but not all that funny.  Slight, momentarily entertaining and certainly not very demanding on the brain.

Ivan Reitman has directed a number of favourite comedies over more than twenty years.  He was responsible for the Ghostbusters films, for Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Junior, three very amusing Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies and for Dave.  Not a bad track record.  But this is not anywhere near than major league.

The idea is not bad.  This is a standard romantic comedy where the young architect (Luke Wilson) has been dumped, is getting bad and chauvinistic advice from his work buddy, likes his co-worker (Anna Farris) and is urged to date an attractive bespectacled woman in the subway (Uma Thurman).

Meanwhile G-Girl (who would give Superman, Spiderman and Daredevil a run for their money) is saving New Yorkers from robberies and disasters.

Yes, plain Jenny Johnson and G-girl are one and the same.

Actually, the romance does not quite turn out as we expect.  Our architect finds her too much and too neurotic.  He is also hunted by an even more neurotic villain (Eddie Izzard) who is really in love with Jenny.

And that’s about it – except for a scene where a vindictive Jenny tosses a live shark into the apartment of her ex-boyfriend.  That was different!

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