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Summary: America's New Sweethearts!
Review: America's Sweethearts got a new Ending! The Producers wanted the End to be funny instead of romantic and shot a new Ending to the Film! If you watch this Movie you can expect Julia Roberts in "My Best Friend's Wedding"-Mood! It's the Story of Hollywoods favorite on screen couple who just split up! So the Actors Agent brings Julia Roberts to fix it all up again!It's a romantic love comedy you really should watch!
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Summary: Julia My Sweetheart!
Review: Did you like "my Best Friend's Wedding" and "Notting Hill"? If yes, so this is the perfect Movie for you! It's just terribly funny and Julia is in it! The Humor is great! The Cast is perfect and Julia is just gorgeous again! Ignore the bad critics about "America's Sweethearts" cause this Movie rules! If you don't see it you are a huge fool! The Trailer is nothing compered to the Movie! The Soundtrack is great! But the Movie itself is just spec-tac-ular!!! Be sure to watch this Movie cause if you don't you'll miss the most romantic Comedy of this Century!
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Summary: so-so
Review: Nothing real special here. Friend of mine reviewed the script for a website and didn't have too many good things to say about it. But, since John Cusack (one of the coolest actors) is in it I asked him if I could read it. All in all, its pretty run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. What will make this movie remotely good are such people like Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones. On the other hand, Julia Roberts is going back to her standard "loveable girl" mode that she has done too many times. She should try and stick to dramas like 'Erin Brockovich' and prove she can be a respectable actress. In conclusion, this will make a good date movie, but not much more.
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Summary: A waste of some good talent!
Review: America's Sweethearts borrows a leaf from Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's infamous break-up, not to mention stealing the basic plot from Singing In The Rain. Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) and Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) are famous actors who were married to each other. They have starred as romantic couples in numerous successful movies (incidentally, the film opens with "excerpts" from these movies, and they appear to be spoofs of scenes from real films such as the New York autumn walk in the park scene from When Harry Met Sally, Trinity waking up Neo with a kiss in The Matrix, etc.).
However, they have now broken up and are not doing too well alone. Eddie is holed up in some new age recovery clinic, and has been legally restrained from approaching Gwen, due to an unfortunate incident involving Eddie riding a bike straight into a restaurant where Gwen was dining along with her new Spanish lover Hector (Hank Azaria). By the way, the scene of Eddie in the rain just before he gets on the bike looks like it's a spoof of Bladerunner. If you are starting to get the impression this film contains a lot of spoofs of other films then you are correct.
Gwen, on the other hand, has been making several movies since the break-up which have all bombed at the box office. She goes on the Larry King Live talkback show, and the audience keep ringing to tell her they wish she and Eddie would get back together again.
So, enter Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal), studio publicist extraordinaire, except he's just been fired by the studio head Dave Kingman (Stanley Tucci). He is busy packing up and handing his role to apprentice successor Danny Wax (Seth Green), when Kingman abruptly begs him to come back.
Reclusive eccentric director Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken) is holding the final print of his latest film ("Time Over Time") hostage and refuses to show it to anyone before the press junket promoting the film. This film also happens to be the last film starring Eddie and Gwen prior to their break-up, so needless to say Kingman desperately wants it at any cost.
Lee's job is to organise the press junket and to cover up the fact that the film is missing and no one knows what it's like. He gets bonus points if he can somehow convince the public that Eddie and Gwen are getting back together again, or at least thinking about it.
He enlists the help of Gwen's sister Kiki (Julia Roberts) who is Gwen's downtrodden much abused "assistant" as well as her sister. He manage to get them to agree to show up at the press junket, and he organises a set of "distractions" to keep the press occupied until the film arrives.
Will Eddie and Gwen actually get back together again? Or will Eddie fall for Kiki? And, why is Weidmann so mysteriously coy about the new film?
Given that this film is co-written and co-produced by Billy Crystal (who is obviously cashing in on his experience hosting one Grammy awards night after another), as well as featuring a star-studded cast, it's quite surprising how disappointing the film really is. The laughs are few and far in between, and most of the situations look awkward and contrived, not to mention boring in places. Although the film has a few twists, the ending is pretty obvious. Verdict? A missed opportunity and a waste of some good talent
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Summary: Yes, it's possible for John Cusack to make a bad movie
Review: I was flipping through the channels this weekend and came across this movie, which I had misfortune of paying for when it was in theaters. To say it was a waste of fine acting talent is certainly true, but doesn't capture awfulness and pointlessness of the film.
The the film was awful because the writing was awful, and great actors (although slightly miscast) and good directing could not make up for something that just wasn't there.
Console yourself in watching classics for the actors in these movies instead: for Cusack, watch "The Sure Thing"; for Roberts, "Notting Hill"; for Walken, "The King of New York"; for Zeta-Jones, "Traffic" and for Crystal, "When Harry Met Sally." Now *those* are some movies worth watching.
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Summary: Billy Crystal can do no wrong
Review: He also wrote, produced, and starred in this. I'm surprised, I didn't think he could do three things at once! The scene where he basically gets molested by a Doberman, is the worst bit of the whole movie. It's like toilet humour - it's cheap and not in the least bit funny.
I bought this film mainly because I got a £2 off voucher, which had no "use by" date on it, so I thought I'd better use it quick smart. So I bought the first film I saw, and got it for £3.99. It looks like the nice little rom-com that I would normally buy, and hence the reason why my DVD case is bursting at the seams with these things.
There are a surprising number of terrific stars in this, and who saves this is Hank Azaria, in a fantastic role once more. Although he doesn't show off that amazing body of his (as seen in Along Came Polly). Julia Roberts is playing her usual role, although she chose not to go for the lead role - despite still getting star billing. I was NOT keen on John Cusack - he just doesn't do it for me, and every time he's on screen, you can feel yourself wanting to scratch the TV, just to make yourself feel better. He does have one of the best lines in the movie though: when Billy Crystal is trying to explain to him why Catherine has far bigger accommodations at the hotel, he asks: "Well, she has an entourage ... you don't have an entourage." Cusack responds: "I"m a paranoid schizophrenic, I'm my OWN entourage."
Catherine Zeta Jones plays herself fantastically - you can almost imagine that she's this much of a madam in real life! Christopher Walken also appears in a surprising, unkempt, and almost chubby role, and despite not having as much screen time as the others, he portrays the part of a pretentious director perfectly.
The finale is a great surprise, when the completed film is finally revealed, and brings a lot of laughs. The ending was too sickly sweet for my liking - you get the feeling Kiki (Julia Roberts) is getting her sister's tainted goods. I wouldn't feel right with that. Knowing your own sister has been there before you, whether the guy is comparing you two etc.
This is a reasonable film, despite the fact it was written by Billy Crystal - I'm sure he could write much better. Just for the film being shown to the stars and the press is worthwhile seeing. It's just a shame, that if you don't like these kinda movies, you have to sit through the rest of it first.
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Summary: Star Studded Folly
Review: How did someone take a light-hearted but cute premise, big name stars, and turn it into such a lame and inane film? The talent is obviously there, but the movie simply doesn't work. Alternating between over-the-top (which I think was the point) and deadly dull (which probably wasn't), this film stalls and fizzles.
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Summary: Won't Win Any Oscars
Review: I'm not a huge chick flick fan (This is a chick flick, right?) But this ranks among the worst. I just couldn't connect to the characters. There was nothing really funny and it didn't arouse any emotions in me at all. And it was pretty predictable that what's-his-face was going to fall in love with so-and-so's sister. I just didn't like it. If you want a chick flick that's really funny, I strongly recommend Miss Congeniality.
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