RETURN TO ME has a likeable cast and interesting if
farfetched plot, but is filled with too many cornball moments to be taken as a serious intent at real romance.
With such
a farfetched plot already in place, this is the sort of film that could have easily degenerated into a muddled farce with a one - note stand - up comic as the lead, but with a good comedic and dramatic actor like Kline at the forefront, he is able to keep the tone of the comedy and drama appropriate to each scene.
Not exact matches
There are a number twists in the
plot, some glaringly obvious, and a couple that are genuinely surprising (perhaps because they are so
farfetched, we'd never think of them as plausible.)
The complete lack of chemistry is evident, so we're forced to endure the machinations of the
farfetched and judicially questionable
plot.
The leaps of logic in the
plot and
farfetched ideas on the judicial system stretch the believability to its maximum proportion, and even if the underlying message of the movie is the culpability of big businesses in tainting juries for their own profits, the contortions made to hold together the story make for some rough patches.