insane really . even if you haven not see the original george cukor movie with norma shearer and joan crawford and rosalind russell and paulette goddard and joan fontaine and a cast of a thousand other star you may dismiss this forced and politically correct and depressing comedy . depress for many different reason . meg ryan for one . what have she do to herself . her face can hardly move . that alone put her mile away from norma shearer . annette bening should be sue the dp and debra messing and what the hell be she do here . actress with no connection in the public subconscious try to pass for friend and totally unconvincingly . eva mendes in the joan crawford part be an outrageous piece of miscast . what a terrible idea . her character be like a trans gender performer without any taste or subtlety . bizarre to think that a woman adapt and direct this woman . the only positive thing i can mention be a short but very funny appearance by bette midler and cloris leachman a the housekeeper .