Movie Info
George Clooney plays a rakish, irresponsible, and sexy single dad and Michelle Pfeiffer is a neurotic, standoffish, and sexy single mom in this likeab...(read more...)le, fast-paced romantic comedy.
Melanie 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").
Director:
Michael Hoffman
MPAA: PG
Running Time: 108 min.
Release Date: Dec 20, 1996
Cast:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
George Clooney
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