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What is Patrick Dempsey doing in this movie?

posted 16 years ago by phillyspice
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Honestly, I LOVE this movie, and I like Patrick Dempsey, but I find it hard to understand why he would have take such a thankless role. I found his presence distracting. It would have worked better for a lesser-known actor to play the role.

[–] Ramoa 12 years ago

I think the very fact that part of the movie showed her personal life was bad enough. It was completely unnecessay. There could've been other ways to show she was going through hard times in her marriage and eventually divorced. I feel this was valuable lost time that could've been used better for the main idea of the film.