A remarkably attractive cast plays a group of nice people in an intensely-early-90s Seattle. It has the signature Cameron Crowe warmth and generosity of spirit towards its characters, and also his weird pacing/narrative tics that I can never quite articulate but always bug me a little. Overall, it holds up quite well as a loosey-goosey ensemble romcom, and also as a period piece of a simpler time when you had to worry if your answering machine would eat its tape or playback your message.
Is It Good?
Good (5/8)
Note: This capsule review was originally published elsewhere. If I watch this movie again, I might expand this to a full-length review.
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