This romantic triangle comedy never reaches great heights but is enjoyable and pleasant most of the way. In one of her earliest roles, McClements is very good as the wife unaware of her husband's philandering and planning to leave her and largely carries the film.
The central premise isn't really convincing; would one of the biggest pop stars in the world who gets his every whim catered to be happy with a weekend away at a modest abode with only the rock promoter and his wife there to assist?
But it gets by with this iffy premise to be an entertaining timewaster... until the final 15 minutes when it goes off the rails once the husband's philandering is discovered by all.
Firstly, there's an extremely silly scene where the husband (in a desperate attempt to stop his wife running off with the pop star) manages to erect several painted signs for her on the road professing his love for her. Not only is it corny, but logistically impossible and takes the film down a notch.
As well the film misguidedly ends with the husband and wife reconciling. This 'happy ending' seems much too generous to the husband (played by Colin Friels) who is not only having an affair but is shown to be immature and self-absorbed and having little empathy for his wife. Clearly the filmmakers like this character more than audiences would have.
It's a shame the film ends on some dud notes as it's a pleasant throwaway for the most part.
The central premise isn't really convincing; would one of the biggest pop stars in the world who gets his every whim catered to be happy with a weekend away at a modest abode with only the rock promoter and his wife there to assist?
But it gets by with this iffy premise to be an entertaining timewaster... until the final 15 minutes when it goes off the rails once the husband's philandering is discovered by all.
Firstly, there's an extremely silly scene where the husband (in a desperate attempt to stop his wife running off with the pop star) manages to erect several painted signs for her on the road professing his love for her. Not only is it corny, but logistically impossible and takes the film down a notch.
As well the film misguidedly ends with the husband and wife reconciling. This 'happy ending' seems much too generous to the husband (played by Colin Friels) who is not only having an affair but is shown to be immature and self-absorbed and having little empathy for his wife. Clearly the filmmakers like this character more than audiences would have.
It's a shame the film ends on some dud notes as it's a pleasant throwaway for the most part.