With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
Acting
Debra Messing's panic spirals are gloriously specific.
Cinematography
London and countryside estates shot like romance novel covers.
Writing
Escort-with-a-heart-of-gold trope executed with surprising bite.
Director
Clare Kilner
Debra Messing
Kat Ellis
Dermot Mulroney
Nick Mercer
Amy Adams
Amy Ellis
Jack Davenport
Edward Fletcher-Wooten
Sarah Parish
TJ
Jeremy Sheffield
Jeffrey
Peter Egan
Victor Ellis
Holland Taylor
Bunny
C. Gerod Harris
Bike Messenger
Jay Simon
The Flight Attendant
Danielle Lewis
Pretty Woman
Helen Lindsay
Aunt Bea
John Sackville
Phil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Elizabeth Young's novel 'Asking for Trouble,' though the film significantly softens the heroine's pricklier edges.
This arrived during the 2005 romcom boom alongside 'The Family Stone' and 'Hitch'—part of Hollywood's brief obsession with wedding anxiety as metaphor for millennial commitment fears.
US
