My Own Love Song -- Film Review

PARIS -- French director Olivier Dahan earned some name recognition stateside with "La Vie en Rose," an erratic Edith Piaf biopic boosted by Marion Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance. But his first full-fledged venture into American moviemaking is an even shakier proposition. Starring Renee Zellweger and Forest Whitaker as a wheelchair-bound Southern singer and her schizophrenic best friend, "My Own Love Song" is a sappy, weakly plotted road movie with a wildly self-conscious style probably meant to disguise its cliches.