for ninety minute this film have two character talk and argue about the trouble that they be have in their relationship and i thought of one thing and if a friend of yours start to complain about their relationship could you listen to them for ninety minute . me either and but this film expect you to . story be about a couple that have be date for a few year but decide that they should break up and after spend some time apart it doesn not take long before they start call each other and get together for great sex . steve ( russell crowe ) and monica ( salma hayek ) talk about that they be not together anymore but still hop into bed with one another and then talk and argue until one of them leave . later one of them will phone the other up and the whole process start again with sex and talk and and more arguing . spoiler alertone day steve show up at monica work and tell her that they should get marry and after mull about it for a short time she accept . steve start dream and when he finally wake up he be at the altar but he be unable to utter the word i do and pass out . monica have have it with him and leave him for good and even though he doesn not want her to leave there isn not anything he can say to change her mind . this film be direct by robert greenwald who be either handicap by an extremely thin budget or have no clue how to construct a real film . this be shoot in new york city but aside from a taxi with new york print on the door you would have be hard press to figure out where it suppose to take place . there isn not one good shot of that beautiful city and instead the film focus remain on the two lead actor and even with their immense talent they just can not keep the audience attention on something so trivial and mundane . glenda jackson star in a film call stevie in the 1970 and she have to carry that film herself also and even though i think she succeed this be a task that practically impossible even for the best actor . it all boil down to the material that they be hand and this script be just to dull . some have say that crowe and hayek have no chemistry on screen but i be not so quick to agree with that because the line that they be force to utter be so banal . greenwald direct this film from the play by michael cristofer and i be not sure what draw his attention to this but the end result be a dull film that be both poorly construct and repetitious .