Independent, The (London) - Reviews: DVD & Video

In Don Roos’s high-concept romance, ad exec Ben Affleck donates his plane ticket to an amiable stranger. The plane crashes; a year later, Affleck tracks down widow Gwyneth Paltrow and finds her tragic aura irresistible. The leads fail to convince when required to project love in any direction other than inward.

Roos works hard at flattering his audience as urbane and intelligent: they’ll just feel guilty for watching such schmaltz.