Ridiculous comment about the narration
From Time Out's review:
After fashioning an astute screenplay from his own novella, Steve Martin, the producer, should perhaps have paused before deciding to speak the film's commentary himself. The voice-over confuses the omniscient narrator with Martin's role as the reserved yet gallant dot.com millionaire involved with Danes' department store assistant.
Erm... were any of you under the impression that Ray and the narrator were one and the same? Even cursory knowledge of the film would grant you the information that Martin wrote the source material, not to mention this being mentioned in the opening credits. I personally found this a neat touch, dividing us from Martin the writer and Martin's character, in doing so allowing us to feel that the sentiments were coming straight from Steve's mind as opposed to some persona. Admittedly he did spell out too much on occasion, needlessly bolstering emotions that were perfectly displayed just by the solid performances witnessed onscreen, I'm merely commenting on what I considered an outrageously silly critic's perspective.
...and I found out where my edge is... and it bleeds into where you resist share