Search: Directed by Garry Marshall

There is nothing remotely inviting, funny or admirable about it

It's as though Marshall gathered together all the subplots from films that never got made or were left on the cutting-room floor and sticky-taped them together end on end to create this horror of a holiday centipede.

An impossibly-charming rom-com that’ll win you over if you give it a chance.

Compared to modern American rom-coms, Pretty Woman has integrity, style and restraint. As a result, it feels in a different class.

The film demonstrates an innate vulgarity when it comes to imitating the trappings of royalty.

There's enough of the tiara thing going on for the young wannabe ballerina types out there and, for the slightly older, the handsome prince still brings fairytale hopes for all.

Those with an IQ higher than Scooby's will run screaming from the cinema.

The charm levels are high, the reality levels too low to register.

It's not long before it all becomes delightfully self-mocking.