I didn't bother to see this in a theater because of the poor reviews, but finally rented it. I think this is actually a pretty funny movie. It is certainly predictable, perhaps trite and derivative, but it's well cast and written, and provided an entertaining evening for my wife and me. Seeing the extra features on the DVD helped, as it's obvious that the cast and director were having a lot of fun making the film. The excellent cast's sense of enjoyment came through to me, and increased my enjoyment.

Definitely watch the extra features. One in particular made me want to go play with a bear.

Paul (Hugh Grant) and Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) are an estranged NY couple. She's a high strung stereotypical A-type personality real estate agent. He's a lawyer trying to reconnect after cheating on her. They witness a murder and now they are in danger. The FBI sends them to Wyoming to hide in witness protection.

It's very simple. I don't like these people. More specifically, I don't like her. She comes off as an annoyingly high maintenance whiny snooty NYers. And coming off a cheating fight, these two have all the chemistry of a wet rag. The jokes barely pass as actual jokes. It doesn't help that I don't like the people telling the jokes. There is some value in the fish out of water routine. But all the value can't be realized by these two characters.

A well to do New York couple who have separated enter a witness protection programme after witnessing a murder.

Lawyer Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) and real estate agent Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) are located to a small town in Wyoming under the protection of husband and wife who are sheriff and deputy (Sam Elliot and Mary Steenburgen.)

They have trouble adjusting to life in a small town with their country ways such as an inept attempts at rifle shooting, chopping wood, riding a horse and an unfortunate encounter with a bear.

However in due course they settle down, helped by the fact how cheap clothes are in warehouse stores and help the locals out with their problems by using their professional skills but the bad guys are still searching for them.

The film is mildly diversionary fish out of water movie with Hugh Grant still doing his bumbling English guy act trying to mend things with Sarah Jessica Parker. Its cornily predictable but oozes charm and there is a lot of warmth provided by Steenbergen and Elliot.