(rated PG-13) Ryan (Freddie Prinze Jr) and Jennifer (Claire Forlani) are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that’s what they’ve always believed. When they met at twelve, they disliked each other. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they met in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find their differences bind them together and a rare friendship develops. A lighter “When Harry Met Sally’ with the repetitive swat fly joke/storyline that wants us to want them to get it together already, after a series of other date disasters. Think those famous should be couples and their quest to get there: Niles and Daphne of “Frasier”, Sam and Rebecca on “Cheers” Dave and Maddie on “Moonlighting”. Their annoying chemistry pays off in a smooth recovery (sort of). Their love for each other never really grows on us yet they manage to get away with it by making it seem to the audience like they’re having fun in their quest. Forlani plays the bubbly, adorable, Latin major lead that is a total flip from her sophisticated high brow girl in last year’s “Meet Joe Black.” Jason Biggs steals the movie as Prinze’s roommate sometimes named “Steve” sometimes named “Hunter” who just wants a girl to “love him for who he is” if he could only figure out who that is. Amanda Detmer is great as the cute, ditzy, slightly neurotic, lives for her therapist roommate, to Forlani. Good clean laughs, no “F” word once. Stick around for the credit/outtakes with Biggs. Hilarious. Oh, and “American Pie” it’s not.
