When In Rome (2010)

Kristen Bell is deserving of so much more than this.  At least she met her future husband on this film because this isn't the kind of project that's going to impress people.  It's disappointing too because she has wonderful comic timing and if let loose with an interesting character she could really succeed.  Here she's stuck playing second fiddle opposite clownish actors like Will Arnett, Dax Sherpard and Jon Heder.  In Rome for her sister's wedding she mistakenly thinks the other American guy there she has fallen head over heels for is otherwise unavailable.  In protest of love she steals some coins out of a fountain and magically unbeknown to her makes the owners of those coins fall in love with her, sending them to New York where they terrorize her.  It's one of those plots that feels force feed and while seeing her suitors, including Danny Devito, bombard her with their affections is humorous it's also manufactured and never as funny as the actors probably wanted it to be.  Stick a bunch of funny people in a move doesn't guarantee a funny movie.   Overall it's a weak movie casted with talent that should be turning these type of inferior scripts down.  I can only imagine everyone wanting to do this film because they'd get a free trip to Rome, which isn't a good enough reason for the audience. Grade: C+