The producer is Judd Apatow, whose hit comedies (The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express) trade heavily in the «bromance» among their male characters; the cowriter and star is Kristen Wiig, whose brilliant character work on Saturday Night Live and endless scene - stealing in movies (Ghost Town, Adventureland, Whip It) have finally won her the big -
screen vehicle she deserves.
Though Rinsch
deserves some credit for convincing a major studio to green light a Keanu Reeves
vehicle with Japanese
screen veteran Hiroyuki Sanada, and not Reeves, playing the main lead, the actor's presence ultimately proves to be more of a distraction than an advantage.