Fridae

No Reservations is no fun. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a star chef in New York restaurant who's a huge control freak. She plans her life down to the smallest details and sticks to them. She works hard, and hardly has time for friends.

But life comes crashing in when her sister dies in a car crash and her niece (Abigail Breslin of Little Miss Sunshine) has to live with her. Catherine, shocked by the tragedy, takes a bit of time off from work. When she returns, she finds that her kitchen has been taken over by a handsome sous-chef (Aaron Eckhart) with a completely different work-style.

Now if you've seen just one romantic comedy, you would know where this is going. Aaron and Abigail will eventually thaw our ice-queen Catherine, and turn her into a sweet and warm girlfriend and stepmom respectively. Lights come on, credits roll, exit doors open.

Directed by Scott Hicks (of Shine fame), No Reservations is neither good nor bad � just bland and forgettable. Apart from the handsome cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh and a fetching score by famous composer Phillip Glass, nothing really stands out in the movie. Catherine is so-so, Aaron is Aaron, and Abigail is Abigail. When you leave the theatre two hours later, you're just as hungry for good drama as when you entered it.