H 1/2

PG-13, 110 minutes. Through tonight only at Groton. Still playing at Waterford, Stonington, Lisbon, Westbrook.

Three films into his romantic comedy career, Gerard Butler has finally reached "watchable." With "The Bounty Hunter," the bemused Scots leading man comes closer to setting off sparks with his newest leading lady, Jennifer Aniston. Well, closer than he came with Hilary Swank ("P.S. I Love You") or Katherine Heigl ("The Ugly Truth"). The comedy isn't much better than Butler's earlier outings. But at least Aniston, when she has to, can faintly recall the timing and energy it takes to fake the comic charm she had on TV's "Friends."

- Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel