formulaic and lightweight comedy so lightweight it almost float off into thin air about an insecure chick ( pop eye and pencil thin brittany murphy ) who sneak a peek in her boyfriend ( somber ron livingston ) palm and definitely doesn not like what she find there . before she be do and she have manage to corral three of his former gal pal and they along with the boyfriend appear a unwitting guest on a sally jesse raphael ( kathy bates ) type tv talk showwhere much dirty laundry be expose and thanks to the machination of an evil show producer ( steely jaw holly hunter ) . it a paycheck and i suppose and but what in the hellis oscar winner kathy bates do in tween crap like this .