Sneak Peek Movie Review: I Could Never Be Your Woman

Michelle Pfeiifer stars with Paul Rudd in a new movie about romance and the younger man in a film called "I Could Never be Your Woman". The film ostensibly deals with Pfeiffer's character (Rosie) as a television producer past her prime getting intrigued by a younger man. The title of the film itself is never really explained.

This film tries to be both an inspirational love story and a knowing romantic comedy about a mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) who is long been consigned to the land of the divorced. She lives alone with her daughter, experiencing a very narrow spectrum of emotions. Onto her television show comes a handsome new actor, whose comedy skill takes everyone by surprise. Rosie who falls for the younger man (Paul Rudd) .

This film has a Lifetime network feel to it. "I Could Never be Your Woman" is directed by Amy Heckerling, who gave us Clueless, Look Who's Talking, and FastTimes At Ridgemont High. There are a lot of sly shots at Southern California lifestyles and the Los Angeles culture. But this has been done better elsewhere. All the older men are jerks, corrupt, or just losers. Is "I Could Never be Your Woman"a feminist statement by Heckerling perhaps?

But sometimes, as in these films the dialogue races too far ahead of the audience for them to enjoy the movie. The same outlook that pokes fun at the culture ignores the fact that Rosie lives off it, and in it. One minute Rosie is wry and knowing about the way Hollywood works, the next she's prattling nonsense straight from the blog of the menopausal widow with no life. Why should viewers care about this character?

Rosie seems to be pining for some lost adolescence. This is the life of a Hollywood writer? Is she having a midlife crisis? Rosie's assistant is cast as a slimy villain, but even that makes Rosie just look more clueless about what's going on around her. And the scenes where Pfeiffer's character (Rosie) plays Barbies with her daughter are near-diabetic with saccharine. We begin to understand her datelessness.