Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney

George Clooney plays a rakish, irresponsible, and sexy single dad and Michelle Pfeiffer is a neurotic, standoffish, and sexy single mom in this likeable, fast-paced romantic comedy.

Melanie...( read more  read more... ) Parker is an architect and a perfectionist workaholic who has no time for a social life. Unfortunately, things spin out of her control on the day of the biggest presentation of her career when her son Sammy shows up late to school and misses the class field trip; he is left in Melanie's care for the day.

Jack Taylor, a feckless newspaper reporter, finds himself in much the same situation when his newly-married ex-wife leaves their daughter, Maggie, with him for a week, requiring a level of responsibility for which he is unprepared.

Melanie and Jack meet in front of the school, and sparks -- of the ill-tempered kind -- fly, as each projects onto the other the faults of his or her Ex. Eventually, however, as they race to save their jobs while keeping their kids intact, their true feelings for one another emerge. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for the best original song ("For the First Time").

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45,473 ratings

PG, 108 min.

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Release Date: December 20, 1996

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DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002

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  • September 25, 2009
    A very clichéd love story about two unlikable people who are miserable. This film belongs in the 1950's, even then it would fail because there was much better out there!
  • April 27, 2009
    I love this moive about two very different single parents who meet one day when their kids miss their school trip. Great cast. Sweet movie. A bit like Serendipity.
  • June 11, 2008
    A true rom-com of the 90s.
  • August 19, 2007
    Above par film, worth owning.
  • March 15, 2007
    Adorable, funny and sweet chick flick! :)
  • October 26, 2009
    it was too short. they should have extended the romance a bit
  • October 23, 2009
    Great romantic comedy
  • October 21, 2009
    soppy romantic drivel.
  • September 21, 2009
    This is a really great romcom and I even like George Clooneys' performance in it. It's one of those, you know the ending but you don't mind getting there.
  • September 2, 2009
    "She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it"

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  • alexcobb20
    August 3, 2009
    it looks like a grate movie i like george clooney so that helps lol
  • karthu1993
    May 2, 2008
    Nice to watch again and again.
  • Bannoona
    April 11, 2007
    I fell in love all over again with George after seeing this movie tonight & I quote from one of the reviews "George's declaration of how beautiful she is near the end almost left me breathless because he says it out of frustration and perhaps desperation, it was so incredibly sweet."
    It was really so romantic & I almost imagined for one second while he was saying it that he was saying it to me !
    I am a hopelessly romantic girl !
    The kids are so cute & funny especially the little girl,she was adorable.
    Michelle is also great as always.

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