Spread Review

Spread was not the best movie, but it was cute and I gave it an extra star for not having a standard Hollywood happy ending. That is, the boy and girl didn't get together at the end and live happily ever after. While I think Ashton Kutcher isn't a bad actor, he is simply too good-looking for the role, for any role, in which his fortune changes dramatically--this made the second half of the movie less sensical than it would otherwise be, showing him being forced to seduce a less-attractive woman in an effort to get things he wants or needs--like a place to stay, food to eat, etc. There was not a clear argument that he might have simply been so love-struck that he couldn't summon his usual charms.

Along with his main plot that later segued into time spent with a woman who is also turning tricks with wealthy men and in fact was engaged, there is also the subplots of Nikki's best friend and ex-girlfriend that were woefully underdeveloped. If trying to explain everything is a crime, then this movie has done the exact opposite. I am not left like other movies dreaming and wondering what happened to the characters after the movie is over, because it trimmed so much meat with the fat that it leaves us unsatisfied.