3 July 2008

It's headlines like the above that make me think I should find another way of wording them. Frankly I could never be your woman ever, whoever you are, but perhaps that's my loss. I Could Never Be Your Woman is also the new film from Amy Heckerling, whose checkered career includes the teen favourite Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and the rather funny Johnny Dangerously (1984), but was also responsible for the first two Look Who's Talking? films, something I'll never forgive her for. I Could Never Be Your Woman is being described as a sharp, upbeat romantic comedy with a difference and certainly has an interesting-looking cast that includes Jon Lovitz, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Alexander, Graham Norton, David Mitchell and Steve Pemberton, plus cameos from Henry Winkler, Sally Kellerman and Tracey Ullman.

Rosie (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a 40-something single mother in Los Angeles whose life is not working out exactly as planned. The hit teen TV show she produces is in serious trouble. Her sexist boss, Marty (Fred Willard), wants to replace it with a reality show, and her assistant Jeannie (Sarah Alexander) is bent on sabotaging both Rosie's career and her futile attempts at having a love life. Rosie's home situation isn't much better. Her ex-husband is having a baby with a younger woman and her daughter Izzie (Rosie) is growing out of Barbie dolls and discovering boys. Out of the blue, a talented young actor, Adam (Paul Rudd), walks into the TV company's casting room and straight into Rosie's heart. But Adam is ten years Rosie's junior and this is LA, a town that applauds older men for dating younger women but isn't quite so appreciative when the roles are reversed. Painfully conscious of the situation, Rosie is convinced their romance is doomed from the start. Fortunately, Adam has other ideas...

I Could Never Be Your Woman is released by High Fliers Films and will be available to buy on DVD in the UK from 14th July 2008 at the RRP of £15.99. The picture will be anamorphic widescreen and the extras will include a trailer and interviews with the cast and filmmakers.