(March 30, 2001) — How many times have you seen a movie with this plotline? An innocent, nice-boy working in a typical nice-boy job sees the girl of his dreams. They fall in love, but trouble lurks behind the bliss. The innocent nice-boy loses his girl and he ends up trailing her to save her from making the biggest mistake of her life—marrying another man. Thus the basic plot of “Say It Isn’t So.” Boring! Meet Gilly Noble (Chris Klein), an adopted Indiana animal shelter worker. When told about a beautiful hairdresser, he goes to that salon and sees the “angelic” but inept Jo Wingfield (Heather Graham). They fall in love and are about to marry, despite her mother’s desire to marry her off to a rich marijuana cultivator in Beaver, Oregon. That is, until Gilly finds out that the birth mother that he has been looking for is Jo’s mother (Sally Fields). Later he learns that he isn’t Jo’s brother and that she’s going to marry Jack the marijuana gardener, still believing that they’re related. So it’s a race against time—and the population of Beaver and Mommy Dearest who’ll do anything to ensure the marriage—to stop Jo from marrying the wrong man. Though the premise has potential, the actual execution is disappointing. The story attempts to make a new twist of the classic love story but fails, leaving the movie a touch predictable and with forgettable characters. Many scenes intended to be funny end up leaving the viewer bored. There are too many scenes of people making complete fools of themselves to the point where one feels the overpowering urge to slap them upside the head. One can see an example of this by the portrayal of Jack’s one Asian and two white idiot henchmen, with the same mentality as one of the good ole boys from “Deliverance.” In Oregon? The best performance undoubtedly comes from Orlando Jones who looks like Jimi Hendrix. Jones plays Gilly’s best friend Digg McCafrey, a ‘neo-Beatnik’ talking legless pilot. He is the only character in this movie that is simply and indisputably enjoyable to watch. Heather Graham will probably win a part of your heart as the clumsy but golden-hearted Jo. By the end of the movie you will definitely sympathize even a little bit for her and what she unknowingly dealt with. Chris Klein will strike you as the typical innocent nice guy stumbling about trying to get things to go his way. You will either completely adore him in his innocence or you’ll roll your eyes and say, “Oh please.” Unless you are an avid Graham or Klein fan, or if you happen to like melodramatic soap opera-style movies, you will not enjoy this movie. You will only enjoy certain moments of the movie. If Graham, Klein or melodramas aren’t your style, save your money and go buy a CD; you’ll enjoy it a lot more. “Say It Isn’t So” is currently playing at theatres everywhere. Rated R for sexual content, crude humor and language.