The Third Wheel

The Third Wheel is a flimsy but entertaining comedy about a romantic evening for two that goes completely off the rails.

Stanley is a nice but shy guy who dreams of meeting the one. Then the lovely Diana turns up, who is to work at the same company as Stanley. Only after beating about the bush for months does Stanley pluck up the courage to ask Diana out, and to his great surprise she says yes!

Stanley and his friend Michael have planned the perfect date, but nothing goes to plan - well, almost nothing. The evening has barely begun before Stanley runs over a poor homeless guy, Phil, who seems to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Before Stanley knows it, Phil has become the third wheel, and he is not so easy to shake off again. It turns into an eventful and rather unpredictable evening.

The Third Wheel is a sweet and slightly offbeat film, but there is not much meat on the story. The film also suffers from the fact that not all the scenes work equally well. For example, we could well have done without the scene with Matt Damon, who turns up in the role of an unpleasant ex-boyfriend.