With a succession of clever scenes and very funny moments, this screwball romantic comedy hits the target and is a scintillating little gem.

Cookery writer Julia Roberts gets a call from best friend (and ex-flame) Dermot Mulroney asking her to be his maid of honour at his wedding.

She then realises she still loves him, but has just four days to win him back. Roberts tries everything, but the bride-to-be (Cameron Diaz) proves to be a sweetie who just blunders through all obstacles she puts in her way.

So Roberts enlists her gay editor (Rupert Everett) as a suitor to make Mulroney jealous. Roberts and Diaz are good, but Everett steals the film with a perfectly judged performance.