sean penn do method and john travolta chew scenery and the kid be cute enough to make one diabetic and robin wright penn performance keep bang away at the same note over and over and over again . the character be so unsympathetic i do not care the least bit what happen to them . there be no plot to speak of . the cinematography range from grunge to bland and i do not understand where the romantic comedy angle come in . what so funny ( or romantic ) about abuse and codependency take to sociopathic level on all front . and i would definitely wave off anybody who have ever suffer from mental illness and because they would find the flick downright insult . of course there be real people like this out there and but so what . if i do not waste any of my precious time on this earth watch the denizen of jerry springer and why would i want to watch their fictional counterpart . you want a movie about an irredeemable person that be worth see . go rent citizen ruth . it be infinitely good than this horrorshow . this might have work a a ten minute indie movie and but a an hour and a half hollywood flick and it a complete waste of celluloid . i watch it ( sporadically ) on tv for free and and i still regret it . whatever you do and if you must watch this piece of crap and use a free video store coupon to do so . chance be and you would regret spending any money on it .