Watchable, but no real belly laughs
This film suffers from a lack of credible interaction between pretty much any of the main characters - that's partly because so much time had to be given over to set up the 'Mom goes from sad loser to hot totty' scenario. There was so much more that could have been done with these characters once the main story got going. However, I still liked the way in which Banderas is able to send himself up, and Selma Blair is always good value, and I whiled away a couple of hours watching the film without serious incident! I wasn't keen on the part played by Meg Ryan, though, she is normally SO good, but I don't think the script or the direction allowed her to make the most of the part.
Basically, what I'm saying is: this film is OK. It's watchable, but not an outstanding film by any means.

lacking in jokes and humour
A federal agent is asked by his boss to spy on his mum ( meg ryan) who dates an infamous art thief( antonio banderas).Not that interesting a story and didn't make me laugh much.This is one of those films that relies on one funny scenario ( son spies on mum ) for its whole impact.
Not enough firepower on the joke front.

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