There's no doubt about it: For the celeb-obsessed, Ben Affleck (news) and
Jennifer Lopez are to salivate for.

The tabloid nation is so taken by the couple that it is starting to refer to
them as a two-headed media monster: Bennifer.


There's also no doubt about this: Their new crime-caper flick, Gigli, opens
today to very bad buzz. Glitter bad. Swept Away bad. Nearly Plan Nine From Outer
Space bad. A sample reaction, from Roger Friedman of Fox News: "Witless, coarse
and vulgar ... A total, mindless disaster ... Stupefying."


Their greatest sin has been said to be the bugaboo that befalls many film
romances starring real-life couples: that Ben and Jen, who first met on the set
and should be setting off flirty sparks like sexual fireflies, have all the
combustible chemistry of a soggy match.


Let's be fair. She plays a lesbian. That's a bit of a barrier for hetero
matchmaking. He plays dumb. So dumb he thinks a Tabasco bottle is great reading.
And their killers-for-hire devote much time to babysitting a slow-witted kidnap
victim who comes off like Rain Man Jr.


But at a screening Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with an audience sprinkled
with a pro-J. Lo contingent, the movie didn't play like a totally big, fat dud.


In light of that, we offer 10 reasons Gigli is actually not going to ruin Ben or
J. Lo's career, nor will it drive Bennifer from the limelight:


1. Their chemistry isn't that bad. They kiss with the right amount of lip
action. They make love with enthusiasm. The audience was not groaning. In fact,
you could say the anticipatory tension in the air when she first begins to
sexually tease him was palpable.


2. There were laughs. People in the audience chuckled regularly. Not necessarily
at them, but with them, even when Affleck had to declare himself "the original
gangster's gangster."


3. No one ran out screaming, not even during a scene that already has gone into
the Hollywood annals of embarrassing moments: J. Lo, provocatively sprawled on a
bed, announces to Ben, "It's turkey time." When he looks quizzical, she smiles
and adds helpfully, "Gobble, gobble." And, no, she is not inviting him over for
Thanksgiving dinner.


4. She makes her entrance in black low-slung hip huggers and cropped top, an
outfit highlighted in the preview trailer. That alone will draw fans of toned
flesh into the theater. Bonus: Jen's snake-like moves during a yoga routine that
begins with a truly stunning position that one could only describe as the Perdue
roaster chicken.


5. We're told that in every relationship there is a bull and a cow. In Gigli,
Affleck is the one who ends up mooing. Literally. Not to worry: As Lopez
confirmed in the pair's chat on NBC's Dateline, "Ben wears the pants" in real
life.


6. They drive a sky-blue Chevy Impala convertible. The two of them cruising is a
sight we know well. Remember those tabloid shots of them kissing in a Bentley?
Her hair shines and blows in the wind. He looks handsome behind the wheel. If
Rain Man Jr. weren't in the back seat, you would call it romantic.


7. Not only can they say they've done a film with Al Pacino, they also can say
they've acted with Al Pacino and they were actually better than he was.


8. Ben takes his shirt off at least three times.


9. J. Lo has one shower scene. (A complaint: Why does she wear a robe during the
sex interlude? Her hit woman is anything but demure.)


10. Was Madonna ever clamped in irons and locked away for her many cinematic
crimes? Bennifer will survive this, too.

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