Spread- Like a virgin for the very first time

Aston Kutcher spreads like a virus, catching people with his cheap tricks. These people are mostly rich well to do women who have enough time on their hands to pamper him with clothes, their money and even their affection. This would seem as an exact opposite to somewhere - a movie about the nothingness of life and of the bubble that doesn't just surround celebrities but us- well Spread is built around the seediness of it's shallow protagonist. He's all about looks, money and any way where he has to do little work.

Aston kutcher plays player Nikki,a playboy who went to LA with his dashing good looks, easy going attitude and mindset of Bikini wearing women, no stop partying and a place that would be like van haling video "and you know what most of it came true". He meets Samantha or maybe he meets Samantha's house. She's a high flying business women with nothing left to give apart from her body to Nikki, unless you count the car, clothes, money and all expenses payed bachelor pad of Samantha's which he continues to "crash in"

But then he meets the girl of his dreams, a waitress who he can't woo with his simple tricks and charms. Spread now at this point could have turned into a routine Hollywood affair, guy tries endless tricks, gets the girl happy ending and to some extent it is; the writer Jason dean heck gives little room for originality with the film coming off as the indie film that tried but honourably failed. Honourably?.The film is well intended with Kutcher being a likable lead for the film even though lacking in substance,can work on it's own breezy charm but yet he has the charm but none of the sophistication. But saying that ,Nikki does (eventually) begin to reflect on his past.

You watch the film and it gives out some punches and regularly misses but the ones that do hit may not be affecting but they are relevant: "Your just a whore" "Those good looks will run out". That's more Aston Kutcher and less Nikki perhaps, telling us that there may not be anything left after the charm of a young hip teen actor wears off. Maybe that seems a little desperate but as far as "celebrities comedies" go this one is smarter and partly more funny than most of the Hollywood norm.

LOW DOWN
it works at what it works at. A sex comedy that isn't demeaning of it's female leads and isn't overly gratuitous. A big mess with good intentions that works mostly down to the viewer and it's charmful leads. An above average Romantic comedy.

** 1/2 out of ****