I not only have nothing nice to say about this movie, but it also is so bad it is a struggle to say anything about it at all.

A better title: I Don’t Know Why She Did It. Could it be “she” has no options other than getting cast as a cliche TV-like character. What else can you do after being stuck for years on TV in Sex and the City?

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Don’t bother to slam me for the comment. I’m immune. I didn’t catch the series on HBO or wherever it was, but I did catch the two movies. Both sucked.

She — of course — is Sarah Jessica Parker. I Don’t Know How She Does It casts Parker as Kate Reddy, an insecure financial executive and wife and mom who never appears to be ready. Is this supposed to be — wink, wink — irony? Kate is a working mom, the family breadwinner, rising star of the financial world and a total mess. Hubby Richard (Greg Kinnear) and sitcom cute kids miss her and much of the plot’s focus is a heavy-handed guilt trip.

She hates being stuck choosing between family and career. Yet Kate can’t resist the lure of working with her firm’s unreachable boss. He’s nicely done by Pierce Brosnan. A quick aside — it appears to be a long, long drop from James Bond superstardom to this. However, since Brosnan became a star in TV maybe he’s comfortable in this kind of a zone.

Parker and her co-stars are all decent actors and actresses stuck in a going nowhere story told in uneven, uneventful and predictable fashion by director Douglas McGrath(Bullets Over Broadway). If I may be so brave as to call this mess a story.

There is no chemistry between any of the characters except for Parker and Brosnan, and you have to wonder what McGrath was thinking by inserting bits into the plot where the supporting players are interviewed about their opinion of Parker’s Kate.

Or are they being interviewed? Sometimes they talk directly to you. At other times, their comments are directed at an off-camera interviewer. Most of it is mindless blathering and by mid-movie you’re not sure why they’re talking at all.

You’re also wondering why and how anyone could possibly make or do a movie this bad.

Mr. Movie rating: 1/2 star

Rated PG for mature themes. It opens today at Regal’s Columbia Center 8 and at the Fairchild Cinemas 12.

5 stars to 4 1/2 stars: Must see on the big screen
4 stars to 3 1/2 stars: Good film, see it if it's your type of movie.
3 stars to 2 1/2 stars: Wait until it comes out on video.
2 stars to 1 star: Don't bother.
0 stars: Speaks for itself.