i can forgive a lot of flaw in a movie and but whew and this one be bad . i can not think of bad casting than sandler . everybody else be great ( well and cloris leachman take the drunk mom cliché about as far a it would go ) and but sandler presence here ruin it . 50 first date work a lot well for him the semi goofy guy who manage to charm the lady by virtue of his imperfection . here and he try to be a charming saint of a married chef and do the best he can and not have any idea of how attractive he be to a woman . the only problem be and he not attractive . i felt no chemistry between flor and john . the whole concept of one culture find a common ground just get lose here . this be mainly because sandler be so completely inarticulate and it very hard to believe that a woman who barely learn english can understand anything he say . two device that repeat themselves over and over here be 1 sandler suddenly shout out something in the middle of a conversation and which either scare flor or amuse her and and 2 sandler yelling whoa and wait wait wait . every time a conversation be about to reach it merciful conclusion and the other person be try to walk away gracefully . leoni do a good job with deborah and but still and her character be so two dimensional . we get no sense of why she so dysfunctional . meredith baxter birney do a much good job in a lifetime tv movie about a bulimic . i think someone must have watch that movie and try to model leoni character after it . i would have like to see more of flor side of town and to give it add depth . it seem a if very little thought go into any aspect of this film casting and screen writing and direction and anything . for me and it nada .