Juliet, Naked: Dream team

The movie slut has been in love with Nick Hornby since 1998 when she read "About a Boy." And then there was the movie in 2002 starring Hugh Grant.

She's been an Ethan Hawke fan going way back to "Dead Poet's Society" in 1989.

Now, you can imagine how lit she was to hear of this film, based on a Hornby book and starring Hawke. So let's get right to the post mortem. This flick didn't live up to her lofty expectations, but it was not a full-fledged disappointment either.

The rom-com hinges on a girl, Annie (Rose Byrne), meeting a guy, Tucker (Hawke), a has-been musician and the obsession of Annie's live-in boyfriend. When it comes to meeting cute, it doesn't get more adorable than this. What unfolds, however, is less inspired.

As in "High Fidelity," Hornby's novel and subsequent movie, music enriches this flick.

The movie didn't live up to the Movie Slut's great expectations, however, it did leave her with an interesting message: While living a risky life can be dangerous, always playing it safe can be a bigger mistake.