This is farce of the lowest quality I have ever seen. It is an insult to place this movie in the romantic comedy genre as there is nothing either romantic or comedic about it. Kristen Bell plays a cynical young urbanite named Beth whose life revolves around her job (so much so that her previous longtime boyfriend broke up with her because she was too committed to her work). On a trip to Rome to attend her younger sister's wedding, sparks fly between Beth and the best man, Nick (played by Josh Duhamel). She then sees Nick kissing another woman at the wedding and proceeds to get really pissed. During her drunken romp she bitterly starts picking coins out of the fountain of love... and thus the preposterous antics ensue. According to the local legend, anyone who steals coins from the fountain is cursed to have the owners of said coins fall in love with them. Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, and Danny DeVito play the witless wonders, all while Beth continues falling for Nick, who is also under her spell. Does he really love Beth or is it just the magic of the coins? Who cares?! Honestly, the material is so weak and tries so hard to be funny that I felt like I was watching a bad Looney Toons rip-off. Everyone just seemed like absurdly over-the-top cartoon characters with less depth than the Road Runner. Bell does her best with the role, but an army of hot-air balloons couldn't elevate this movie to anything half-way decent. Stay away at all costs.
1 out of 5 stars
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