Did You Hear About the Morgans?

This passable comedy-thriller stars Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as Manhattan yuppies (he's a successful lawyer, she's an ace estate agent) about to be divorced because of his adultery. But they happen to see a mob assassination and are whisked away under the federal witness protection scheme to live with a sheriff (Sam Elliott) and his gun-toting wife (Mary Steenburgen) in a remote Wyoming town. Naturally, they discover a simpler way of life in the west and rediscover their love. The jokes come thin and slow, the thrills are non-existent, but the big compensation is Sam Elliott, he of the silver handlebar moustache and the deep voice that seems to be coming up from his boots. The film was actually shot in New Mexico, probably because Wyoming Republicans (led by Dick Cheney) objected to jokes about Sarah Palin and the state's venomous attitude towards liberals.