This felt like the Coen brothers trying to do their version of Adam's Rib (and George Clooney doing his version of Spencer Tracy). I certainly liked it more than that film, even if I thought it was weak and diversionary. The script had a requisite number of eccentricities, the cast was pretty and charming, and the whole thing was a lovely time that was neither regrettable not particularly memorable.

★★★

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