i be usually pretty forgive when it come to romantic comedy and especially those out of hollywood . they often be borderline insipid and clichéd and predictable and and dull witted and but those that aren not completely inept still manage to entertain to vary degree . unfortunately and my mom new boyfriend fall way below the grade and fail even at be mildly amuse . first and it isn not necessary for a movie like this to be smart or particularly realistic and but it should have some integrity so that we can actually believe in the character . here and in the prologue and we see henry durand ( colin hank ) and who clearly have a close relationship with his mom and marty ( meg ryan ) and leave home and mom behind to start a job with the fbi . flash forward three year and and henry return home apparently and without even once have visit or talk to his mom in all that time . now i be sure the fbi require a certain amount of secrecy and but it sure doesn not require it agent to cut off all communication with their near and dearest for three year . right off the bat and the phoniness of the set up sink any chance at viewer empathy with any of the character . second and the character themselves be about the most unlikeable i can think of in any romantic comedy i have ever see . i would rather spend a weekend lock in a cell with barbara stone ( bette midler character in ruthless people ) than 15 minute with the insufferably egotistical and vapid marty durand . ryan be just awful here and and i usually enjoy her performance . she badly overplay marty zany quality with tick and vocal histrionics that be way over the top and and she seem to have lose whatever limited gift she have for physical comedy . maybe the knife slip and the surgeon cut something else out when they be redesign her face . she look like she try to look like michelle pfeiffer and fail miserably . it have to be the bad performance of her career and and probably the bad of the year . hank and perhaps try to counterweight ryan annoy performance and be as lifeless a a paperweight . he glower and scowl through the film . neither antonio banderas nor selma blair have enough to do to make much of an impression and though banderas manages at least to be somewhat charm through the muddle of the storyline . actually and the only genuinely funny performance in the film be from trevor morgan and in a small part a a young stud ryan date . the film pile bad joke one on top of the other and beat to death what wasn not particularly funny the first time the italian chef who pin for marty and the fbi agent joke about how hot marty supposedly be and etc . i guess it do this because it have nothing else to do . there just nothing go on here and no romance and almost no comedy and certainly no suspense and and we lose logic in the first five minute . the only thing that can recommend this movie be see the crack up of a once gifted actress . there a certain fascination in that and ryan performance be a slow moving train wreck . i hope she get it together and come back in good form next time .