ebert

three women in this office always talk about movies. i know this because sound hovers over the cubicles and i can hear every word.

yesterday, i heard one woman say, 'there this movie i've seen a dozen times and couldn't tell you the title, but it has steve martin and who's that lady. you know. i'm looking at her. what's her name - meryl streep. and that guy, who is that? on the commercials. alec baldwin. it's funny. i laugh every time.'

the second woman, obviously sold on the cast, asked, 'what's it about?'

and thus the film was described, 'well, the star is meryl streep. and she's divorced and her son is graduating and her ex-husband comes back in the picture and they hook up and he falls back in love with her, but she doesn't love him, but she likes the sex, so she just uses him. and she dates steve martin. it's really funny.'


(this description is better than the actual film.)