richard benjamin direct this . ted danson play a lead a hal the auto salesman . whoopi goldberg play a lead a sarah . will smith play a lead a occasional boyfriend . jennifer tilley and oh dear . what a mess of a movie and completely uneven and waver all over the place from outrageous slapstick ( a racing elephant . ) to frequent attempt at poignancy . too huge and sudden swerve in characterization by the lead match the swerve of their vehicle and motorcycle and bicycle . what ever happen to the wit of richard benjamin . how do he sink to trite and formulaic . this coulda be a really interesting movie a the premise be intrigue an adult seek her sperm donor father . but represent instead we have this simplistic plot with very few laugh . only good point be a white black romance without any eyebrow raising or racism ( make in 1993 ) and we still ( 2008 ) haven not have many of those in theatre ) . whoopi chew the scenery all through it . but the ( lack of decent ) script be 100 % responsible . avoid . 4 out of 10 .