The only character of any interest in this film is Eddie. Jane is unsympathetic and self-absorbed and Ray is simply boring. There is no chemistry between the two and you never really understand why they got together in the first place.
Without Hugh Jackman's interpretation of Eddie, this film would have absolutely nothing to recommend it, however he manages to take an ostensibly two-dimensional character and lift it up to something real enough to create a connection between the character and the audience that makes you keep watching simply because you want to know more about him. He conveys depth more by his expression than the dialog, although he is also blessed with the best one-liners in the film, which he makes the most of with his dead-pan delivery.
Unfortunaly, he is simply not on screen enough to redeem the rest of the film and you are left with the somewhat perplexing question of what he saw in Jane.
Without Hugh Jackman's interpretation of Eddie, this film would have absolutely nothing to recommend it, however he manages to take an ostensibly two-dimensional character and lift it up to something real enough to create a connection between the character and the audience that makes you keep watching simply because you want to know more about him. He conveys depth more by his expression than the dialog, although he is also blessed with the best one-liners in the film, which he makes the most of with his dead-pan delivery.
Unfortunaly, he is simply not on screen enough to redeem the rest of the film and you are left with the somewhat perplexing question of what he saw in Jane.