Whatever detracts from the movie, it still works!
It is easy to criticize a movie about a prostitute that is actually a thinly disguised Prince Charming fairy tale. The movie turns around two ideas that are unbelievable, the idea that the prostitute still has something of her soul to save and a similar idea that the male lead, Richard Gear, buried in the pursuit of wealth and power also can be rescued by......LOVE.
Julia Roberts is so fresh, so obviously astounded by what is happening as the character moves forward, and there are enough soft touches of humanity here and there by others in the film that the movie just works. Isn't that what a really good movie can do, make us believe, at least for the better part of two hours, that dreams can come true? Even men in the audience can identify with Roberts need for redemption and if it is going to come, why not come in the form of a (fairly) good looking guy who's got loads of money to erase some of the problems life imposes on most of us? A dumb movie, yes, but utterly charming and one who gives hope to the people who are dreaming.
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