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Debra Messing shoots for Julia Roberts–style wackiness in this romantic comedy from Clare Kilner — and misses. Kat’s younger sister is getting married, and Kat’s former fiancé is the best man. Dateless, she hires a male escort (Dermot Mulroney) to play her boyfriend. Surprise: they start to fall for each other. Mulroney is supposed to be a guy who understands women, but he comes off as obnoxious, especially when he’s saying things like "Every woman has exactly the love life she wants." And though Messing’s appealing wackiness saves Kat from being a complete pain in the ass, this kind of single, gorgeous, successful-but-lonely neurotic woman exists only in movies and on Sex in the City. If this is the kind of film she’s going to make, Messing should stick with TV. (90 minutes)
BY BROOKE HOLGERSON
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