spoiler represent the young lover and jed and be kick out by the spinster and kate ( andie mcdowell ) and because she wrongly believe that jed be have an affair with one of her two catty girlfriend . kate thought she catch them en flagrante delicto . kate throw jed shoe out the door . jed reluctantly leave and and then sits in the middle of the road to put his shoe on . then he get run over ( crush and one of the meaning of the title ) by a truck . and dy . and then he get run over by a truck . can you imagine a screenwriter actually submit a script with this plot element . up to then and it a comedy that intend to be frothy and but lack any real fizz . everybody but jed be just annoy . and then they kill jed and and everybody sad and until the end where the gal learn to love one another and be supportive and instead of destructive . i give it 2 ugh .