America's Sweethearts

Rating:
Summary: BOOOOOOOOOORING
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.

Rating:
Summary: sweet and funny
Review: John Cusack(Better Off Dead, Identity, Max) and Catherine Zeta-Jones(Traffic, High Fidelity, The Mask OF Zorro) are America's Sweethearts but they were when Cusack went nuts..so he's at this clinic where Alan Arkin(Jereky Boys Movie, Grosse Pointe Blank) is his doctor..so he is let free when his newest movie is released featuring Jones..so Billy Crystal(Father's Day, Deconstructing Harry, This Is Spinal Tap)..it's directed by a very funny Christopher Walken(Suicide Kings, Nick OF Time, Sleepy Hollow)..also starring Seth Green(Party Monster, Stephen King's IT, Idle Hands), Julia Roberts(Erin Brockovich, Oceans Elven2001, PRetty Woman), Hank Azaria(Godzilla1998, Heat, Great Expectations1998), Eric Balfour(Trojan War, Cant Hardly Wait, Texas Chainsaw Massacre2003) and Stanley Tucci(The Core, Big Trouble, The Pelican Brief)...highlight would have to be when Seth Green and Billy Crystal talk threw the walkie talkies.Hilarious

favorite line
Alan Arkin-(sniffs a leaf) life is a cookie

Rating:
Summary: Sweethearts: Roberts and Cusack
Review: It's about time Roberts made a movie with Cusack. NICE thing they had there. I loved that Julia played a newly thin girl. She did a great job of graciously accepting compliments that sometimes came across as though she had looked HORRID before. Her pancake scene with the butter--"If this were my sister, there'd be butter. She'd have them out there milking a cow right now. Kiki, is someone smoking? Is someone daring to smoke within 500 feet of me? Find them and make them stop, Kiki!" Hilarious. Catherine Zeta-Jones did a fabulous job as a spoiled movie star--who was spoiled long before stardom--and her scene at the end where she tries to do damage control is excellently played. Cusack is charming as a the jilted husband still in love with his ex-wife, AND as the man falling in love with her sister and trying to figure it all out. Hank--Catherine's lover--is terrific with his accent and his machcismo. Nicely done movie. Very pleasant.

Rating:
Summary: Terrific!
Review: I bought this movie mainly because Catherine Zeta-Jones, one of my favorite actresses is in it. But I thought that every single actor did a great job in this movie. It's so funny and sweet at the same time. John Cusack did, as usual, a wonderful job. He's first seen in a wellness center due to his recent break-up with his wife Gwen (Zeta-Jones). He executes the role in a wonderful way. I don't think that any other actor could have played the role any better.

Julia Roberts was wonderful too. I had never really seen her as the "sweet" one before in a movie. She is like Cinderella in a way. She plays Gwens's sister Kiki and basically does everything for her. I loved her in this movie.

Catherine was as usual, spectacular. She plays the vixen so well! That kind of role seems to fit her quite well, at least from what I have seen in "Chicago" and "Intolerable Cruelty."

Billy Crystal. What can I say about him except he's great! Stanley Tucci was quite funny too as the executive. And I loved Seth Green's character. He was just goofy. But in a good way.

Then of course you have the totally hilarious Hank Azaria. Everytime the man came on screen I laughed. He had a funny line all of the time. He is just a terrific actor in general. I also loved Chrisopher Walken. You would expect him to play this really dark, creepy guy, but instead, he doesn't. He's very...interesting. I won't give it away.

Anyway, if you love romantic comedies with lots of twists, this is the move to watch!

Rating:
Summary: I Liked It, But....
Review: ...the miscasting was putting Cusack as the male lead. He's an O.K. actor, but not suited for this. It's too bad Clooney wasn't avaliable. He would have definitely been a better cast. It would have put a punch in the film seeing that he and Roberts already established good film chemistry in Oceans Eleven. The powers that be blew it.

And...Who turned the voltage down on Billy Crystal? Usually he's so over the top, it's hard to get to reel himself in and I thought that since publicists have a reputation for being smarmy he would be chewing up scenes like a brat chews Bubble yum. He was a bit subdued here. He did however manage get one "A Man Goes to a Rabbi" joke in.

But everthing else was fine. Zeta-Jones is deliciously self absorbed and bitchy, Hank Azaria gives a hi-LARRY-us performance which rivals his great "Spartacus" in The Bird Cage, and it becomes howling funny when Christopher Walken previews the movie that becomes a reality show. Funny, funny, funny stuff.

Roberts? All she has to do is smile that 100 watts smile she has...

Rating:
Summary: Women love it, Men hate it!
Review: America's sweethearts, Gwen (played by Catherine Zeta Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) have just split up. Their new movie, "Time Over Time," could either make or break them. The studio's publicist, Lee (Billy Crystal) must reunite them before the premiere. A sweet movie about Hollywood romances. Fits comfortably into the "Chick Flick" category, and is a great movie to watch with your girlfriends.

Rating:
Summary: Loved this movie
Review: America's Sweethearts was cute, hilarious, and it's kind of like
a satire for celebirty and how much of prima-donna a regular
celebirty is. It's a laugh! See it!

Rating:
Summary: Good cast, anyway...
Review: I found this movie to be cute and entertaining, though not a real account of genius in the film industry. If you like the cast, I suggest you purchase the film. Catherine Zeta-Jones is great as the snobby superstar, and Julia Roberts portrays her down-to-earth and once-overwieght sister and assistant. A love triangle evolves, making for several very funny scenes. Billy Crystal only adds to the hilarity of the film.
A good flick if you like the type. It's nothing beyond temporary entertainment, though.

Rating:
Summary: Frothy fun in hollywood
Review: This is a nice film that explores the world of the film junket where journalists go along to do five minute in-depth interviews with film stars. They are usally in some remote location and journalists are plied with stuff to make their reviews as favourable as possible.

It is a game and journalist and actor agree to play it.

Writer and actor Crystal takes us to this world and has a lot of fun as estranged actor couple cusack and Zeta Jones play a bickering pair who get together to sell their film.

Crystal takes a cynical look at hollywood and then cannot resist the temptation to have a Hollywood ending. I enjoyed it particularly Zeta Jones as a nasty piece of work.

Rating:
Summary: Another Julia Roberts Movie. Need I Say More?
Review: This movie is funny. Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones may have been the big draws for some people, but you can't beat the trio of Billy Crystal, John Cusack (one of my favorite actors), and Hank Azaria.

This movie will make you laugh, but it definitely won't make you think. You also won't have this at the top of any of your lists.

If you love Roberts, or Cusack, then watch this movie. Otherwise, there are some much better movies out there.