On cable as "Strange Relations", this romantic comedy with light drama tells of an adopted well to do NYC psychiatrist (Reiser) with cancer who goes to the UK in search of his birth mother and marrow doners and gets more than he expected. Reiser delivers a marginal sitcom level performance at the center of this flick while being upstaged by the more talented host of costars who give much better performances even though their characters have obviously been tweaked for quirkiness. "Strange Relations" manages some humor, some fabricated poignant moments, and some fluff....did we really need a guided tour of Liverpool complete with yellow submarine?? Passable stuff for hardcore cinema aficionados but okay fodder for sitcom junkies.
Review of Strange Relations
