Review: My Mom's New Boyfriend

Think romantic comedy and chances are Meg Ryan's name is among the first to come to mind. She's been part of some of the most memorable films in this genre. When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Kate and Leopold are films that you can watch over and over again.

Unfortunately you can't say the same about her latest film My Mom's New Boyfriend. The film tells the story about an obese overweight nervous wreck Martha (Meg Ryan) who decides to reinvent herself as her FBI agent son Henry (Colin Hanks) goes on an assignment.

Three years later when he returns home he is somewhat shocked to see his mom having turned into a hottie dating boys far younger than him.

His fiancé Emily (Selma Blair) however seems quite amused with whole situation and gets along famously with the mum.

Enter Tommy (Antonio Banderas) who sweeps the lonely Marty (that's the name she goes by now) off her feet. Even as Tommy finds himself getting inexplicably attracted to her, Marty too falls head over heels in love with a man she barely knows anything about.

As luck has it, Henry learns that Tommy is an international art thief and is in town to steal an expensive sculpture called (hold your breath) Mother and Son!

With his job on the line Henry decides to bug the house and spy on his mom. The rest of the film follows the typical romcom plot but minus the mush and warm gooey feeling inside you.

Meg Ryan playing a MILF is far cry from the girl-next-door roles you've seen her play so far. And if You've Got Mail is your idea of the best Meg Ryan movie, I'd say you give this one a pass entirely.

Despite all her earnest efforts, you barely connect with Meg's character. In fact considering the entire film revolves around her, Marty is a very loosely sketched person. You are told that she means the world to Henry. But never once is the relationship fully explored.

Then there's Emily, Henry's fiancé who gets along with the mother like a house on fire but yet again the track is never developed. In fact Emily herself is reduced to just a prop in the background as Henry goes about listening to his mother's conversations in the back of a truck.