Buying the Cow

Some of Hollywood's brightest and sexiest young actors Jerry O'Connell (Scream 2), Bridgette L. Wilson (The Wedding Planner), Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder), Alyssa Milano (TV's "Charmed"), Bill Bellamy (The Brothers) and Ron Livingston (Office Space) star in this absolutely hilarious but true-to-life look at love, dating and commitment. For David (O'Connell), the single man's nightmare has just cometrue. Sarah (Wilson), his girlfriend of five years has just given him THE ultimatum. Now he's got two months while she's away in New York to decide if it's marriage or quits. So with his two womanizing best friends (Reynolds and Bellamy), David hits the LA singles scene to "shop around" before he buys. That's when he falls for a mystery woman. Meanwhile, Sarah's handsome boss (You Can Count On Me's Jon Tenney), has made her an offer that may be way too tempting to resist. In the end, David's search for true love will unleash secrets and surprises to turn all their lives upside down! .com ---- This generic sex comedy--about a guy who can't decide whether or not to marry his girlfriend because he's still obsessed with a girl he saw in an airport when he was a teenager--really has only one thing to recommend it: Ryan Reynolds (Coming Soon, Van Wilder). Reynolds plays the main character's horndog friend who becomes convinced he's gay, and while much of his material is of dubious taste and quality, Reynolds has a mixture of ironic detachment and actor commitment that makes the most of his role. Everyone else--Jerry O'Connell (as the obsessed guy), Bridgette L. Wilson (as his understandably frustrated girlfriend), Ron Livingston, Bill Bellamy, and Alyssa Milano--have their moments, but the script doesn't offer them much to work with. When it isn't drowning in clichés about men and women, it's trying way too hard to be "over the top." --Bret Fetzer

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