Loretta is sleepwalking through life and hates her career, as she considers her work to be trash and views her legions of fans with condescension.
Bullock plays Loretta, a recently widowed, burnt-out romance novelist and former archaeologist.
Tatum has excelled in roles where he gets to flex both his comedy and action muscles, and this should be another fun opportunity for him to do so.
He realizes that Loretta has based her books on actual historic research she did with her deceased archaeologist husband.
Meanwhile, Alan, Beth and a social media assistant locate Loretta on an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Other moments play on the occasional gags of phrasing.