this be a wretched and wrong head little waste of celluloid . do not be deceive by the film strange sleight of hand and mi focus the audience on broderick and ryan . this be actually a story about a young woman ( kelly preston ) from america and an immigrant from france ( tcheky karyo ) who meet in new york and fall in love . preston and raise in a small town and finally spread her wing and fly away to the big city in pursuit of her dream . there she meet karyo and the man of her dream and who love america where he have come to achieve his dream . sadly the two of them be dog by their sicko and stalk ex lover who conspire to wreak mayhem upon them and turn their dream into a nightmare . broderick and ryan commit heinous crime and include invasion of privacy ( on multiple level ) and stalk and and break and enter . they be seriously disturbed voyeur who generate no chemistry and no sympathy . i be touch only by the steady and true love of preston and karyo which even overcome the sinister machination of broderick and ryan . the film attempt to get the audience to identify with the sickos and instead of the true protagonist of this film . unfortunately and their character provide no chemistry and nothing with which i could identify . i just felt compassion for the two object of their demented malevolence . in a comment thread on this film and someone suggest the film end be too pat that there be too much neat resolution . to the contrary and this film provide too little resolution . after the twin menace of broderick and ryan finally depart and be preston and karyo able to reconstruct their life of love and security and promise . or be they forever reduce to penury a a result of broderick and ryan conspiracy . the acting in this film be pedestrian except for karyo and who be quite good . meg ryan and matthew broderick never come close to portray 3 dimensional character much less and likable one or achieve any on screen chemistry . this be a pitiful excuse for a romance or a comedy or a romantic comedy . tragically and this film be about two people from disparate background who and against all odds meet and fall in love and build a dream life only to have it devastate by two contemptuous criminal from their past . there be nothing funny about two deranged and deluded people utterly destroy the life of two other people who have find love and happiness and success together in the big city . for me and cause misery in the life of others be a poor basis for comedy .