Starring: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel
Director: Luis Mandoki
Synopsis: Romantic drama profiles an emotionally damaged policewoman (Lopez) who begins to reconnect with her inner self after she meets another wounded soul (Caviezel) recovering from a traumatic car accident. (Warner Bros.)
Runtime: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Romance

• Rated 2 out of 4 by James Berardinelli
  The film opens with a brief sequence in which Chicago P.D. officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) is rescuing a victim of a car accident. This is presented from the point-of-view of the injured person, so we don't know who it is (although you'd have to possess the intelligence of a pet rock not to be able to make a good guess). Cut ahead one year. Sharon and her partner (Terrence Dashon Howard) are involved in a shoot-out and chase. She finds herself on the wrong end of a gun when suddenly a stranger, who later identifies himself only as "Catch" (James Caviezel), comes to her rescue. She finds herself drawn to this mysterious loner and, presto, a romance begins. Meanwhile, Sharon is having family problems related to an incident of spousal abuse from ten years ago when she arrested her own father (Victor Argo) for beating up her mother (Sonia Braga). Now that her parents are preparing to renew their marriage vows, she finds her emotions to be seriously conflicted. This is, of course, all very basic soap opera material, and it isn't presented in a compelling manner. more
• Rated 3 out of 4 by Roger Ebert
  J ennifer Lopez is the real thing, one of those rare actresses who can win our instinctive sympathy. She demonstrates that in "Angel Eyes," playing a tough cop who does everything she can to wall out the world, and yet always seems worthy of trust and care. The film's story involves the cop's skittish, arm's-length relationship with a man named Catch (Jim Caviezel), whose walls are higher than her own. more

• Rated 1.5 out of 4 by James Berardinelli
  Five minutes into The Wedding Planner, I suspected the film was in trouble. Ten minutes later, I knew it was in trouble. There's only one thing that can sink a movie so fast - bad writing. Even excruciating acting takes longer. Romantic comedies shouldn't be difficult to make, since all but the very best of them follow a tried-and-true formula. All that is required is to get a pair of likable, attractive leads and plop them down in the midst of a narrative that allows them to generate some romantic friction before being split apart by complications then brought back together at the end. Yet, despite having a clear roadmap to use for navigation, director Adam Shankman and his co-conspirators, screenwriters Pamela Falk & Michael Ellis, manage to screw things up. The end result is occasionally so inept and embarrassing that it's almost physically painful to sit through. more
• Rated 2 out of 4 by Roger Ebert
  Lopez stars in the title role as Mary Fiore--yes, a wedding planner. With her walkie-talkie headset, cell phone, clipboard, spotters and video crews, she's mission control as her clients walk down the aisle. Racing to an appointment, she meets Dr. Steve Edison (McConaughey) in one of the most absurd Meet Cutes in many a moon. Her Gucci heel gets stuck in a manhole cover, a garbage dumpster rolls down a hill toward her, and Steve hurls her out of the way and, of course, lands on top of her; it's love at first full body contact. more