The tabloid covers also serve as a sort of keystone to the audience for what is happening in the film. My advice would have been to include the tabloid covers with their emblazoned announcements such as "Cop Gives Waitress $2M Tip" throughout more of the film and ditch the awkward narration by Angel.

Overlooking the narrative problems, the story and actors are what bring this film, to life.

Charlie Lang is not a stretch for Nicholas Case. Lang is the distillation of many of Cage's former character roles, most notably "Raising Arizona" and "Red Rock West." Here Cage is the pure from of goodness, sincerity and generosity, attributes which were present, but hidden under the tough-guy persons of his other roles.

Lang is not complicated or twisted and has no ill intent. Neither does the change that much during the course of the film. But he is enjoyable to watch. He is enjoyable to watch. he is what we wish everyone could really be like.

Bridget Fonda plays Yvonne with simplicity and grace. She is one of the few actresses today who can play unpretentious, down-to-Earth women without being affected in any way. Fonda was so convincing you almost wonder if she is acting at all.

Her character has her upsets; for one, she is bankrupt and has to fend off the propositions of an unruly husband who has left her. But around Charlie, her personal problems dissolve and her public ones being. In the end, Hollywood, just as we want it to, wins happily.