The romantic comedy, A Lot Like Love, begins with a slam sesh in an airplane bathroom between Ashton Kutcher's character, Oliver, and Amanda Peet's, Emily. And the clichés don't stop there, folks.

Love starts off circa seven years ago and carries us very slowly and painfully through the on-again, off-again relationship of Oliver and Emily up to present time, and an inevitable ending. The most entertaining part was seeing Kutcher dressed doofily in flannel, trying to complete that '90s-grunge look.

The biggest problem with this cinematic disaster seems to be Kutcher's character. The typical dude he plays (immature, too-cool-for-school trickster ... basically himself) is traded in for Oliver, a goofy, somewhat insecure and lost-puppy dog type. It doesn't work and it made me kind of nauseous (or was that all the popcorn my movie-going pal and I consumed to keep ourselves awake?)

Apparently Peet's Emily saw the flaws in "Ollie" as well, as by the end of their first of many meetings she had given him three strikes, one being that he didn't make the first move.

But desperate Ollie, insulted by Emily's belief that in six years he'll be in the same place, still with no direction in life, gives her his parent's number to give a ring and find him after those soul-searching years have passed.

The pair can't seem to wait the allotted six years, but Oliver and Emily can't just seem to get it together and it becomes more and more frustrating each time they meet and leave each other (and there are many times). That is, until the climactic moment which involves Kutcher actually serenading Emily with "I'll Be There For You" by Bon Jovi. I retract my former comment -- this is the most entertaining scene.

You're cute Ashton, but you've done one too many crappy chick flicks. And you know what they say -- three strikes and you're out.

--Reviewed by Sarah Nolan