there be something kind of sad about see someone who be so good at do something try to do something very different . and end up be mediocre . i be think about jordan play baseball and but the same applies to steve martin . this movie be reasonably well act and direct and but the script be a stinker . martin do a great job adapt a classic story into a comedy in roxanne and but this effort to bring a victorian drama to the contemporary scene smack straight into a wall of implausibility . if you want to see an old story update with some style and best to rent great expectation .