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Headland revels in the comedy of discomfort and keeps the one-liners coming, while still sticking to - and sticking it to - a romance plotline.

It's true what they say about violence. Too much and you become immune.

Rather than simply turn Tommy into a laughing stock, Franco teases out the tragicomedy of the man.

What just about saves this film from its scruffiness is the strength of the performances.

The good stuff is fairly evenly distributed which helps to keep the film watchable, but Yagher's work in building up atmosphere is repeatedly squandered.

The surprises aren't, because a) you don't care, and b) you guessed it already.

It is hard not to be entertained.

With plenty of rom in this com, it's easy to be taken in by the simple characters and the simple plot.

Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick

Bissonette handles the gradually shifting points of view with such deftness and subtlety that many viewers may find themselves genuinely wrong-footed.

Eventually, as screenwriter Adam Sussman attempts to fit the disparate pieces of a farfetched storyline together, you know it’s nonsense and the moment is lost.

He takes the antihero into areas of sad you never knew you wanted to avoid.

If this is romance, it's dead.

You'll watch, you'll laugh, you'll have a great time, you'll quote the cheesy lines with your friends afterwards.

In between the 1000cc revs, the squeaking leather and the speed-induced adrenalin rushes, a plot lurks.