The buddies are joined by gamine gal pal Kate Beckinsale (Hero in Kenneth Branagh's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Emma in A&E's Emma), and not a moment too soon. Her Audrey Hepburn spunk saves the film from choking on its coyness, even when her character gets involved in some convoluted family affairs. Our heroes tussle for her heart, though Townsend's techno-geek, complete with plastered hair and uni-brow, looks too unshowered to be a truly fetching suitor. Despite the trio's straining to be madcap, the airy and occasionally spirited Shooting Fish inevitably curdles the infectious into the affected.