DVD | The Truth About Love

British comedies are generally funny because of the effort put into writing the script (and possibly because Brits do have a sense of humour). The trouble with this movie is it tries to hard to be a British comedy, but constantly falls flat on its face. Director John Hay really hasn’t done anything of note prior, and this is writer Peter Bloore’s first outing. I don’t know if it’s just that these two are destined for early retirement or that it’s the casting of Jennifer Love Hewitt as the lead Brit girl.

Yes, that’s right; Hewitt plays the whole movie with an awfully dubbed sounding accent. This combined with music that intruded rather than complimented, made for a rather awful experience.

The movie could have been done better had Hewitt been an American girl living in London, but the lack of any real laughs or romantic warmth (though Dougray Scott made the best of a bad situation) makes this movie experience similar to that of kissing a wet fish.