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The Story of Us

The Story of Us

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A really interesting marriage film
Review: First, I have to say this movie gave me a far different reaction than most relationship films. As a female most "chick flicks" usually make me side with the woman, in this I had to side with the man. Out of the two, he seemed to want to make the marriage work more the most. The character, Katie, was extremely unappealing to me.

This movie shows how accepting a certain role in your marriage can completely ruin it in the end. He was sort of a lovable goof while she was a pretentious, too controlling shrew. In the scene where they had their first date, I was saying "oh no, trouble" as she began to straighten her forks and napkins trying to make everything look "perfect". It shows a lot of the things women do wrong in a relationship especially the scene where they were getting ready to make love in the kitchen and she stopped to write a letter to their kids at camp. To me, this is a movie that people who are about to get married should watch.

Only problem I had was at the end. Her "speech" almost made me nauseous. In some ways, Michelle Pheiffer's character was a little too stereotypical but then, there are women like her so I just might be so different that I don't get it. Still overall a really great movie I will see again. I loved the cameo with Rita Wilson. She was hilarious.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What happened to a great director - Rob Reiner?
Review: I can't believe the man that directed Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally and Stand By me directed this dreck. Now that he thinks he's a serious director, I guess he thinks people want to see morose, depressing middle aged actors whine about their relationship. I would rather watch a real soap opera, than watch Bruce Willis "cry" about how he can't get it on with his wife like he used to. Rob- Find something challenging or retire.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Reality
Review: This movie portrays the "real" life situations of self-seeking self-autonomous relationships that spiral uncontrollably towards divorce when married couples seek to control the relationship or change their spouse. While some of the references to sex seemed to be added for shock effect, the reality is that without some sense of "us" guiding a relationship the reality is the meaningless and vanity that the husband and wife experience in most of this movie.

Some cheesy scenes and: (1) Who sends their kids to camp all summer and (2) Who believes their kids are oblivious to their parents marital problems?

In the end, though, the recognition of communal fellowship grounded in the other brings hope to the tyrannical, self-consuming, and chaotic relationship which is symptomatic of current American society.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The story from loserville
Review: Oh MIchelle how could you? @# This movie is filled with unimaginative dialogue which could have been scripted by a sexually frustrated male studio excecutive! I want my money back as well as 2hours of my life. The only positive thing are the good looking leading actors (which is also a matter of opinion!). Watch this movie at you own risk! .

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What a terrible life!
Review: Willis and Pfieffer's character just came across as a whiny couple. During the whole movie I kept thinking- what is so bad here? I mean they had tons of money, angelic children, great careers, good looks, and wonderful friends. If they would have just shut up and let each other complete their sentences maybe this could have been an intelligent movie that really explored the relationship of a fifteen years long marriage. I had no sympathy for this couple who were so self-centered and juvenile that they deserved each other. Perhaps I should give Rob Reiner more credit in that it may have been exactly his point. However, I think it makes for a terrible movie.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: this movie is just awful!
Review: This movie is very possibly the very worst movie i have ever seen in my life. It has literally no dialogue. All it is is 2 people yelling and screaming at each other. what talk there is is purely dirty sex talk. The ending would have been good had the rest been actually watchable but by the end what meaning there would have been was lost. I would not recommend this film to anyone. I would have liked to give this "film" zero stars but had to give it one.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A Boring Movie
Review: I saw this movie a few days ago and i have no intention of seeing it again, the movie had a good promo and sounde like a great movie, but after i saw it i was very disappointment. The movie started nicely, but after the five first minutes i saw it was a regular movie, parents depart parents go back to each other. it is niether an emotinal movie, nor a funny one- i wouldnt recommanded it.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Marriage From Hell, Movie From Hell!
Review: If you Like To Watch A Film In Which A Married Couple Are Yelling And Screaming At Each Other During Two-Thirds Of The Film, Then This Movie Is For You! The Only Reason I gave this Film a 2 Star Instead Of a One is That the Performances are Good! Speaking Of Performances, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE MICHELLE PFEIFFER A DECENT FILM TO STAR IN, I am So Sick of seeing her Perform In Films that are Beneath Her!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Star Turn
Review: This movie was a sugar coated, jagged little pill that became hyper-saccharine with a bogus, tie-it up-with-a-neat-little-bow ending.

Setup: Drag us through the muck, make us chuckle now and then. Payoff: Hit us with a happy Hollywood ending for our patience.

Actors are great. Dialogue is uneven, but now and again it is dyamite. But then it devolves into a skit. Then dynamite, then skit ... you get the picture. The characters' flip-flops at the end are unnervingly bogus. It's the writer saying: I think you are really this gullible to the audience.

Would have been way more effective if it ended on a low note.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good, but...
Review: This was a pretty good movie. But it was also weird. And in some parts boring. It definetely doesn't deserve any award, but it had it's moments


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