REVIEW: What happens in Vegas should have stayed there

My wife recently asked me to name my top three guilty pleasures, and having no problems with my masculinity, I told her that No. 1 on my list was cheesy romantic comedies. I like them all, from the Julia Roberts movies to "Sex and the City," I can't get enough of the chick-flick. So I was looking forward to seeing "What Happens in Vegas" over the weekend.

No. 1, I like rom-coms. No. 2, I think Cameron Diaz is VERY good looking (but don't tell my wife), and No. 3, I think that Ashton Kutcher is actually quite funny (I can't believe I am actually writing this down). So imagine my surprise when I left the theater feeling let down by what should have been a win-win situation for me, as a movie going experience.

The film opens quickly and gets right to the main story line in a big hurry: Aa man (the recently jobless Jack Fuller, played by Kutcher) and a woman (the recently fiance-less Joy McNally, played by Diaz) have both hit rock bottom in their respective lives, and decide to go to the only place on earth where it is possible to forget all your troubles for a little while: Las Vegas.

After meeting, getting really drunk, getting married and winning a $3 million jackpot on what may or may not have been Diaz's quarter, they decide to get divorced. Enter the perfectly cast Dennis Miller as a divorce court judge who comes up with a plan that is so bizarre that it could only have been thought up by a screenwriter looking for a plot device to keep the story moving for another 50 or so pages. He is going to keep their money tied up in legal limbo, so that they can take six months and try to work out the problems in their marriage. Let the "hilarity" ensue.

Even though the story has plot holes big enough for an oil tanker to cruise through, it still delivered some laughs. In the end though, the premise would have served better as the basis for a sitcom rather than a full-fledged big-budget Hollywood film.

I won't spoil the rest for you in case you do want to actually catch this film, but I will leave you with this: If you do want to check this little film out, do so for the performances and not the story.