That Heather Locklear can't find a half-decent man is the first of many unlikely situations proposed by this romantic comedy. It also posits that her character Jeans teenage daughter Holly (Duff) would spend hours creating the 'perfect man' to woo her mother via flowers, emails and phone calls.
Hollys unwitting inspiration is her friends uncle, Ben (Noth), who specialises in appallingly soppy one-liners that both women are stupid enough to fall for. Were Ben a genuinely appealing character and introduced to Jean earlier in the film, this might at least have romance on its side. But the lazy structure which focuses on Duffs matchmaking pranks to tedious effect does nothing to add interest to the frankly creepy prospect of a daughter playing Cyrano de Bergerac to her own mother.