Sam
/(Mat:!thew Br*!*oderick[) is t[=he reasonable[ m])$an( in `##a cra@zy urba**#n world, the man of@@ th:^+ought)fulnes??`s an?-d re.(fined ta
/ste (`!in a %land!?scape of Leroy ^;)Neiman painti!$ ngs and beer commer^(ci)_als^. ?The guy would soo)`ner cook for\ $ a@n hour over-_ a($ %h(=ot stov@e th@,]@an say `supe\*r%,:siz e it.'$　　By day h,e' * s a st$o `re c (l)#@-erk in a`)@n u pscale  gourmet eatery, an- _d these scene$s ra@
ise a. % [*=sm]ile, e@(spe#cially for a@nyon^e who's v,:isite[\d the]?# a;_c @,:tu al c:`/hain in #_New Yor#(;/
k*- Cit:,y --  the  portrayal isn't )]far =off from the rea$!l
ity. Our man is besieged b%y hoards of cu]
(]st o(mers who wan=]t their imported French c he](*(e$s%e cut to i/]?mposs _=#ibly ex.act stand[,ard=`s. -H-is ef
,forts t)o remain outwardly#+ polite (while ,`y!=,ou know(* he)'d like to ta[[k,e the cleav ^er to%) the  ;relen?!t@+l:*ess*, clien?
?tele) are [pretty fu[)nny(?, a]+,nd will warm the h_*earts of .clerks everywher\ e. #In ge;*neral+:*, B= ._r)(=[oderic#@(k;? is in goo^)[d form ,$an_]+d pro[_vides the movi)%*#e with m  :ost of w hateve^r lightness @it possesse)@ s.　　Sciorra's lovelorn denta(l hygienist, E$:llen
, is f i;ne enough, to!-o, and he)[r unknowin^g %!?
interaction with our?#- cheese-slic[\i(

ng he.#@ro sh:`ow^.#s some hopeful ch( emistry,  and ?#you may begin to f#$)eel-_ you w-ant to$$(/ see]=@/ these two get together.　　One of the main c@=o
 m-_pe/]]t]:ito^%rs?)\
for our lady's af\-fections, :_a / stockbroker (Kevin Anderson)], is playe!_d as =-,car@ ic%ature h\ )e's_ the b.e))er sw ?illing frat#-b];]oy whose)! idea of afte?r-sex(+? s?,e %$nsitivit/,^y is flip.ping# on $# the f+o!*otball game. He's#?= kind of fu nny@( at# t=.imes, but th+:e movi:@e mig] ?ht be #+ stronger if he w#`as writ
*:ten o*r acted ^(.for us \t((o /li $(ke;?( hi=%m more, instead of.[ havi`)ng :. us mere^ly reco.\$gnize h+\@)im *?as )$\the[. flat-out@ `wrong' g`uy in;.. comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. $Think` of John Candy in Splash, tak#ing a ciga^]rette and be
e_r --c/(an  to the racquetbal!-l game; we% kn o-w% - his lif*-
e=style is %n:*ot th $e )/one our h`e*ro sho
uld e?mulate,]_ \+but%! we= c
,an= 't help b(ut be ch
(:armed by the li +keable goon. Where#as th#is characte=\r is m`
erely.+/ a( goon, an d pretty un^*lik%*able @$-*al]
l around.　　While it's a nice en` ough li$`$ght@
` movie for ) ,the first (!half, for[!? me the story was( some#wha/! t derailed b()? y its ^$un*belie#;.v!?abl[^ e*)! (Holl!+ywoo)$d) presentati=#on of sex and adul\?-( t /e=ry\=\/.^* (S]PO/ILER$* ?AHEAD, skip to(:$# _`n
/ext paragraph_@.) When Ellen returns home a@ft\\er an ev,?e^ning'\$?s misadventur
/es, she is natur#ally.; faced wit,?h the q$`uestion/ ing hus^* b[[and (_;?Michael Mantell). Qui %ck.@ly admi=_tting her)+ _own indiscre
tion, sh@e t:*hen immed%iately turns t,:he . situation aroun$d, demanding to know why the guy had -gone ahead and bou!+#ght a  house without d i] scus( _sing it. Gra
nted,\( it's  -a valid issue, an%d granted, man#$$-y =.people use this $co$ untering m` an$euve]r i(#/n
[ ar;_(gum-!ents. What's unbeli^`]e+?va]ble is what happ!ens next# the^ ` guy* s/^ tarts responding to he\r qu$estion, a=ddre[s)*sing $t?-he :]:;house-issue in a quiet, thoughtf+ul man]ner. WHOA. You'd @)be hard- pr!(ess )e.^/d to find a.^ mar^ried person in the wo?^rld who^_,/;: .)=when fac$-ed w;-`=ith hish!er partner's tot`!a#lly #
\une:xpected :) adultery, wo=)$(u\][ld be ^ ready% to ad%dre [ss ==a, =nything so =`=calmly. Th]^e: guy@ would sur;ely be bou\+ncing off the wal^/ls, or el?se_, crushed into si*\-l-ence an_d tears -_@ !:-but se, -e,! then:. we mig^`ht a\ctually,/ fee/l for @the:! p-oor-*.% sch$nook, and we'_\d s;=--ee Sciorra's char^`acter in a ,poor light. And since that particular @.audience reaction doesn't 
[;serve the ro#mantic comedy, the story tries to`-\ sneak ar),oun%.d it. You may s\%*.tart!
to feel th#at , li(;ke##+
the \
husband, ?-!y\)-o/@u+['r%-e bein//;%g ta=-!ken.　　+Fur^[ther dissatisfacti-@on is just@ around the# `[ corner in the e^?=ndin;]g. \We[/ realize this is w/$here misund`;ersta#\:nd? ings will,) get sorted/) o+= ut, and our(  couple w,+%ill finally see  =a clear path to one another$. We w]]?ant the s.*at`
+isfaction of r*ooting for them. But it?
's marred @\/*_by another unbelievable char(= acter ..^re
@action,/ followed by an abr;+=u ,p::t con[l=us^^io?[n that fe`.els ^%rushed and for%
%ced, too] easy and ? ;.unearned!. You may /]feel as though`++ t
he movie's%\+; c.%
heating o\/@n you ag;-ain...