Overnight Delivery

Director: Jason Bloom

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Christine Taylor, Sarah Silverman, Larry Drake

Genre: Romance/Comedy 1998

Running time: 87 mins.

Rating:★★

Naive college student, Wyatt Trips (Paul Rudd) has it all, a perfect girlfriend, Kim(Christine Taylor), who he is going to spend the rest of his life. That is until he suspects her of cheating on him with a guy named "the Raditch". In the mist of his sorrows, Trips meets Ivy (Reese Witherspoon), a rebellious student at his school. With Ivy's help, Trips writes a letter to end it with his girlfriend before she has a chance to, but quickly finds out that he's wrong! Now he has 24 hours to stop the package, prevent disaster, and save his relationship with his potential wife. The major obstacle is that the delivery man won't stop until the package is delivered.

First of all, it's quite clear that Kim isn't perfect right at the start of the film. She just loves the ego boost that Trips gives her as he acts like an excited little, willing to do anything to keep and win her affection. So, she puts on a facade, that he clearly can't see through because otherwise there wouldn't be a reason for a plot, of being a good girl who wants to wait for the right moment before being allowing guy to deflower her. It is also quite clear that she hasn't broken up with him yet because when she does get her heart stomped on by other men, she can always have Trips run to her side and make her feel like a goddess again. Poor naive and sexually frustrated Trips goes back to his college, that "just so happens" to be miles and miles away from Kim, thinking this girl is the only girl for him. Then, of course, "shit hits the fan" and he meets Ivy, who cuts right through the bullshit, helps him in writing/stopping the letter, and helps him in finally shaking off his attentive puppy-dog mentality. In some ways, Ivy is just as naive as he is, which makes them more of a perfect match.

It's a cute film with all the usual ups and downs that a Romantic-Comedy should. An extreme nineties flick that falls short in charms when compared to other films of the same decade: Never Been Kissed, Empire Records, 10 Things I Hate About You....