This movie is the essence of clichéd romantic comedy. It is pure formula. But saying that means that it got everything right; it achieved exactly what it set out to do. In that is the compliment that it works so well; everything meshes as it's supposed to. Except the beginning. It starts off looking like a teen comedy, so you're not really sure what you're getting into. The movie put me on the brink of the emotion that the characters were feeling, but it never made me feel it. The acting was acceptable. I actually really like Cameron Crowe movies, and I can see in this one he's just beginning to hone his craft, and for that I appreciated this movie.IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0098258/