The felicitous pairing of Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher overcomes the mechanical setup of this amiable screwball comedy about mismatched Manhattanites who wed in Las Vegas following a drunken first date. She's a detail-obsessed Wall Street trader on the rebound; he's just been fired from his family's furnishings business. Annulment seems like a good idea the morning after, but complications bring them before a New York judge (Dennis Miller) who orders them to make good on their vows for a six-month trial period. That's when the picture takes off, as the newlyweds lob insults and furiously scheme to break the tie that binds. Tom Vaughan (
Starter for Ten) directed, from Dana Fox's madcap screenplay. With Dennis Farina and Queen Latifah. PG-13, 99 min.
By
Andrea Gronvall
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