David Raynr

"Whatever It Takes," loosely based on "Cyrano de Bergerac," is a flawed movie in more ways than one, and it makes you long for the '80s John Hughes era, when teen movies like "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink," and "Some Kind of Wonderful" laid the groundwork for such '90s fare as this, but were done with a great deal more intelligence and overall heart.