The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars, and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment — in the middle of nowhere — to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straightforward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic29/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
523 audience votes
Key crew
- John SwihartOriginal Music Composer
- C. Jay CoxWriter
- Ken RanceWriter
- Jonas ElmerDirector
Cast
- Renée ZellwegerLucy Hill
- Harry Connick Jr.Ted Mitchell
- J.K. SimmonsStu Kopenhafer
- Siobhan Fallon HoganBlanche Gunderson
- Mike O'BrienLars Ulstead
- Frances ConroyTrudy Van Uuden
- Ferron GuerreiroBobbie Mitchell
- Barbara James SmithJoan
- James DurhamRob Deitmar
- Robert SmallDonald Arling
- Wayne NicklasHarve Gunderson
- Hilary CarrollKimberley
Stills
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Themes
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