Carroll's milieu is resolutely middle class and the crises encountered all too predictable.

Carroll's characters spend so much time talking, albeit intelligently, that the connections they make seem peculiarly synthetic.

All of these characters are more interesting when things are going badly for them than when the tide has turned, and Carroll's determination to make the final reel an extended bout of audience tummy tickling is disappointingly conventional.

A very slight and inoffensive movie. It's a lot like L.A. itself, all surface, soothing and warm.