Woman on Top

Granted, Penélope Cruz is adorable as Isabella, the titular chef who escapes her philandering husband and makes it big as a TV-cooking-show host. And Oz's Harold Perrineau Jr. swishes with the best of them as the aforementioned trannie. But burdened by too much cutesy magical realism and Isabella's not-so-compelling dilemma (go back to her suave-but-too-macho husband, or go for her show's nice-guy producer?).

so bad it hurts

There really isn't any good in Woman on Top. It could be forgiven in so many places if it had just gotten one thing correctly, but it fails on each successive level. It wasn't romantic, but could have been saved if it was funny. It's not funny, but if the actors had strong enough chemistry it wouldn't matter. It doesn't make sense but if the love was believable we wouldn't care. No one area makes up for all the other flaws, and I just couldn't find a single thing to like about Woman on Top.

~6

Slow, stupid, & boring. If that wasn't bad enough, it has the gall to preach to me about how couples can get back together because neither one of them will change, or something just as inane.

Yeah, this romantic comedy has a lot of weaknesses, it's not hard to hate it ... but I actually appreciated some scenes quite a lot ... and it's somehow all about good music in a picture. Quite worth watching ... still