ALEX AND EMMA(2003)
Definitly a "woman's movie"! Non-the-less, if you're like
me, you enjoy a good story with lots of twists and turns,
and a great ending! This is such a movie! Luke Wilson plays
an author who's in desperate need of help "finishing" a
book so he can pay back some unsavoury dudes before his
deadline of 30 days is up! In walks Kate Hudson, who at
first thinks he's a charlaton, but then realizes he's
seerious about needing the help of a stenogropher! With
the setting bouncing back and forth between the present
and the 1920s, this is great fun!! A
From Amazon.com:
For perhaps the first time in her career, Kate Hudson
doesn't just imitate the twinkle of her mother, Goldie
Hawn--and proves to be a winning romantic lead in her
own right. Hudson plays Emma, a stenographer hired
by a desperate writer named Alex (Luke Wilson, The
Royal Tenenbaums, Legally Blonde), who has to finish
a book in 30 days. Of course, a tentative romance blooms
between them; but as Alex begins to interweave elements
of his life into the love triangle of his novel--including a
suspiciously Emma-esque character named Anna--Emma
wonders if the novel's sexy other woman has a real-life
counterpart as well. Though Alex & Emma suffers from
some bland, formulaic elements, it also features flashes
of engaging wit. Hudson dampens her gleam, but because
she's not working so hard to be adorable, a relaxed and
more unique charm comes forth. --Bret Fetzer