Janeane Garofalo stars as
Dr. Abby Barnes, a veterinarian with the title call-in radio show
for distraught pet owners. The plot thickens when, amidst the
daily grind of callers with finicky basset hounds and rashes from
three-hour cat tongue baths, a mysterious photographer with a
European accent has a crisis with a Great Dane on roller skates.
When the grateful caller, Brian (Ben Chaplin), talks Abby into
meeting him in person, she inexplicably describes herself as her
supermodel neighbor, played to dippy perfection by Uma Thurman.
It's an insipid premise--smart-but-unattractive woman chooses
beautiful-but-dumb proxy to win the man of her dreams. But from
start to finish the movie is so damn cute--cute animals, cute
actors, cute lines--you might not even notice. Not recommended
for those afraid to laugh out loud in public.
--Stacey Richter
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