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Summary: Gwyneth gets to be adorable without the English accent
Review: You keep wanting to dismiss "View from the Top" as a total fluff piece, but then something keeps happening to make you think that it is not that bad. After all, at the heart of this movie is Gwyneth Paltrow, and we might not really believe that she is a white trash trailer park girl, but we never forget this is Gwyneth Paltrow. More importantly, this is not Gwyneth Paltrow the drama queen, but one who gets to spend most of the film being adorable (without an English accent), and she can be pretty adorable (especially without an English accent). "View from the Top" walks a fine line, because on the one hand we have some over the top scenes courtesy of Mike Myers as Flight Attendant Guru John Whitney, Josh Malina as Randy Jones male Flight Attendant, and Rob Lowe as co-pilot Steve Bench. Then we get back to Gwyneth as Donna, the girl with a dream, and it is almost like being in another movie. So there is a comic side and a serious side to this movie, just like there is the career plot line and the romance plot line between Donna and Ted (Mark Ruffalo), and just like Donna has her good friend Sherry (Kelly Preston) and her not so good friend Christine (Christina Applegate). But the person who ends up being the lynch pin of this film is Donna's mentor and flight attendant godmother, Sally Weston, played by Candice Bergen. You keeping thinking Murphy Brown is going to make an appearance at any moment, but Sally Weston is exactly who she seems to be and as good as gold. She might be perky and the queen of stewardesses, but the lady is not stupid. You keep thinking this movie is going to turn into some sort of mindless romp about flight attendants, but it never sinks to that level. Be sure not to bail out before the credits, because in addition to the traditional outtakes there is a production number by the flight attendants of Royalty Airlines. The DVD has has a trio of short featurettes, the best of which is a short history of Flight Attendants, including the famous paper dresses.
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Summary: Pitched at teens, too light for adults
Review: Possibly valuable for teen girls, but a turkey for anybody else, "A View From the Top" is a harmless career movie that occasionally dabbles in romance and comedy. A good advertisement for the flight attendant field, it's a rotten ad for the film business. How Gwyneth Paltrow, a good actor, happened upon this goofy script is one of those mysteries better left unsolved. Paltrow is Donna, a small-town Nevada girl doing time at the Big Lots superstore. She sees a TV show featuring a famous flight attendant (Candice Bergen), decides upon a job in the skies, and works first for a low-class puddle jumper with two big-haired broads (Kelly Preston and Christina Applegate). She also meets Ted (Mark Ruffalo), a law student on some kind of hiatus. Scooting right along, Donna and her buddies try out for a reputable airline, the ultimate goal being the coveted New York-Paris international route, although I'd prefer Madrid. Or maybe Istanbul. Donna is an ace student, somewhat to chagrin of Applegate's character, who plays a nasty trick, and Donna's cross-eyed flight instructor, played by Mike Myers like he had some time to kill. There is a Choice, between love and the international route, and a Moral To It All, with a few decent, obligatory shots of Paris at Christmas. "A View From The Top" seems to know a little about flight attendants, but not too much. It certainly flip-flops on how they should look these days - top hats and one-piece zipper suits haven't been around for years. The entire cast is forgettable, and though Paltrow has the talent to play below her intelligence level - check out her clever cameo in "Duets" - her heart is not in it here. Ruffalo is bizarrely jocular. Applegate is swiftly becoming an annoying third wheel. Though it isn't vulgar, or very long - both good marks in my book - "A View From The Top" is never consistently funny, or dramatic, or touching, or even interesting to watch. It's the equivalent to that single Coke and bag of peanuts you get on the Denver-Kansas City flight.
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Summary: Simple and Sweet
Review: What's not to like about this movie: Gwen, Candice, the hilarious Mike Myers and the very cute Mark Ruffalo. I got alot more out of this movie than some deep lesson learned flick. This movie could have gone in so many directions and didn't. It reminded me of those old movies where the characters are simple and funny and uncomplicated. The romance is sweet and the lovers are likable and unselfish. The Candice Bergen character could have so easily been portrayed as a power shrew who expects perfection from the trainees. Instead she has such great heart and integrity and is truly a mentor to the Paltrow character. I've had such a person in my professional life so I really dug the relationship between these two women. It's a very sweet and funny movie and I recommend it.
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Summary: First Class Romantic Comedy!
Review: OK, I rate romantic comedies by whether or not my wife cries during the movie. This movie had my wife cry FOUR TIMES! A record! Best of all; I found it to be funny and upbeat. Sure, there is not much of a story, but you can say that about any romantic comedy. (Face it, people watch these movies to laugh and cry, not because it is oscar material.) Bottom line: Put it on your wish list, View From the Top is a keeper!
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Summary: Paltrow Does Her Best With "Top" Turbulence
Review: This is not a winner, but it was pretty entertaining. Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow does what she can with the sometimes lame script that brought along "View from the Top." Its got a great soundtrack and a great cast, which includes Candice Bergen, Christina Applegate, Kelly Preston, Mike Myers, and Rob Lowe. But a movie with some good potential got lost in too many release-date changes and over-the-top, sometimes unfunny humor. Paltrow stars as Donna, a young woman with big dreams. She is on the way to become an international flight attendant, and she's willing to do almost anything to succeed. When her smooth ride turns bumpy, she has to decide whether or not she's ready to leave her dreams behind. There are some hilarious moments involving Mike Myers and a "cat fight" between Paltrow and Applegate. Some of the jokes are likeable and funny, while a few just seem over-done or awkward. "View from the Top," though, is funny at times, and Gwyneth Paltrow is charming, along with her co-stars. But the finished project leaves you a little unsatisfied, but hopefully you'll be able to overcome some mild turbulence.
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Summary: i love this movie!
Review: personally, i think that this movie is great!! its not an oscar winner, but its a colorful movie that makes you feel... i dont know nice... so i quess we can call it a feel-good movie!!! it makes you think, that if you want something really bad in the end you will succeed and everything is gonna become great (wich doesnt really happen in real life but its nice to see it happen to someone else) I really didnt like all the bad reviews this movie got, because everyone started comparing it to "Austin Powers" just because Mike Myers plays in it... well its not Austin Powers but its sweet and funny and one of my favourite movies of 2003 (or did it come out in 2002)?
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Summary: SNOOTY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
Review: The best scene in the movie, is when Donna is dissed by the snooty but lovely flight attendants from a much better airline. Those ladies made the movie worth watshing.
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Summary: Light Movie No thinking
Review: As I work in this industry I loved it! I looked at it and everything in this movie was so true to life. Again this is not a Lord of the ring epic. Its just PLANE fun and light. I think you have to look a bit into this movie to see that sometimes as much as a job can be a blast but never let it get in the way of love.
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Summary: Fun Movie (forget bad reviews). Made Me Laugh & Feel Good!
Review: Gwyneth Paltrow was great as Donna, the main character who dreams of one day being an international flight attendant. Maybe this wasn't her best role, but I certainly enjoyed her performance. The other characters were all good too: Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo (Donna's future boyfriend), and Rob Lowe (although he was only in a few scenes). The characters I liked the best were the gay flight attendant and Mike Myers (that was a nice surprise after being tired of his "Austin Powers" gags). The weakest part about this movie was probably the script, which could have been better. Still the actors made the most of what material they were given, and I was pleasantly surprised by the movie in general. I laughed and felt good walking out of the theater. Who could ask for anything more?
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Summary: Very Fluffy Eye-Candy: And That's All
Review: So, what does she wants to do, after all? I mean, Gwyneth Paltrow, who was going to be a great thing, that's how I thought when she was in "Shakespeare in Love or "Sliding Door." Then, "Shallow Hal" came. And then, this one, complete mess. Ms. Paltrow is utterly miscast as Donna living in a small town in Nevada. She wanted to leave the place anyway, and see the world, and to do so she becomes a flight attentant. So far, you see so lots of cliche -- a girl living in trailer, a mom who had married four times, and her drunk husband. Is this supposed to be a satire? Or just insensible, prejudjuced ideas of someone behind the movie? And Donna becomes a flight attendant, and be a friend with Christina Applegate and Kelly Preston as co-workers... quite a bad sign, isn't it? For these ladies, talented as they are (especially the latter), tend to be typecast. And again they are. To make matters worse, Kelly Preston soon disappears (whom I miss) while Candice Bergen shows up (who exactly looks unchanged from her role in "Miss Congeniality"), and Paltrow & Applegate go on to audition for the first-class airline, where the best trainer is over-the-top Mike Myers, whose awfully misguided acting demolishes every little thing in the film. What does this film want to do? It sometimes suggests our prejudiced ideas about flight attendants, trying to be a satire. But the satire is weak, when you see Applegate and Paltrow engaged in a fierce cat flght (really), the former banging the head of the latter into bread. Comedy? But the gags are weak too when Myers' performance is just irritating and unfunny, the same kind of gags you see in, say, "Little Nicky." And there is a romance, which is too weak to remember (love interest, Mark Raffalo). "View From the Top" gives us lots of fluff, that's the only thing you can get. And as that, the film is not bad, a real eye-candy. You will see Paltrow in bikini, and the costumes she wears are very fashionable. And that's all that I can recommend.
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