America's Sweethearts

July. 17,2001      PG-13
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.

Julia Roberts as  Kathleen "Kiki" Harrison
John Cusack as  Eddie Thomas
Catherine Zeta-Jones as  Gwen Harrison
Billy Crystal as  Lee Phillips
Hank Azaria as  Hector Gorgonzolas
Stanley Tucci as  Dave Kingman
Christopher Walken as  Hal Weidmann
Alan Arkin as  Wellness Guide
Seth Green as  Danny Wax
Rainn Wilson as  Dave O'Hanlon

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Reviews

Gurlyndrobb
2001/07/17

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Brendon Jones
2001/07/18

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Allison Davies
2001/07/19

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Haven Kaycee
2001/07/20

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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studioAT
2001/07/21

Oh dear. The frustration of this film is that it should've been so much better than it is.I mean, look at the cast. It's got talent in it from top to bottom, but they can't shake the fact that the plot is thin, and it doesn't all come together to be anything other than a bog standard romantic comedy.I liked John Cusack's performance, but apart from that this didn't do a lot of me.

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garyvanhorn
2001/07/22

Eddie (John Cusack) and Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) are the movie couple everyone loves to see together. Their movies are the stuff of romantic legend, but Eddie is in a mental institution after nearly killing Gwen because she was cheating on him. Now the last movie they made together is being held hostage by the eccentric director (Christopher Walken). The head of the movie studio (Stanly Tucci) is so desperate for a hit that he re-hires the man he just fired (Billy Crystal) to gin up media hype for a movie nobody has seen, not even the studio.The movie is absolutely fantastic. The humor is very clever, not contrived or forced like in so many other films. The characters are well acted and entirely believable. The supporting cast is dynamite, Seth Green, Hank Azaria, and Alan Arkin all have memorable and entertaining parts. My personal favorite is Christopher Walken, his crazy director character is wildly entertaining, despite only having a few minutes of screen time. America's Sweetheart's is easily one of the best romantic comedies I have ever seen.

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vanToom
2001/07/23

Yet another movie where the script is unfortunately not able to carry the spectators interest for the whole period. Or, in other words, an idea is not enough and the result is disappointing. Having Americas hottest couple breaking up, putting the question "Will they get together again?" and enrich this plot with some characters that should appear quite overdone but in reality are likely to be even more strange is funny for the first 20 minutes. After that: "Blah, blah, blah" and you have to wait literally until another 50 minutes are gone before there's another gag worth mentioning. The end is screwed up with an idea of a film in the film that is even worse. Sorry, it just doesn't work. Unfortunately there are also not the actors best performances to see so why go and watch this film? Take my advice: Spend your time on some other activity.

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Jackson Booth-Millard
2001/07/24

I knew the four leading actors and actresses of this romantic comedy film, and that was good enough for me. Basically Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) were the golden couple of Hollywood, on and off screen, but they broke up, with Gwen falling for Latin actor Hector Gorgonzolas (Hank Azaria), and Eddie having temper tantrums. It is when their new film Time Over Time is being held by its director Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken), that PR wizard Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal, also writing), with some help from Gwen's assistant, and sister Kathleen "Kiki" Harrison (Julia Roberts), they need to get Gwen and Eddie in the same room together for a press showing that no-one will forget. Of course everything doesn't go smoothly for a little while, but the couple do reunite and try to get through it. In the end, the film Time Over Time is in fact a documentary with real love-hate material made with secret cameras, and it turns out Eddie has actually fallen for Gwen's sister Kiki, so at least it's got some sort of happy ending. Also starring Stanley Tucci as Dave Kingman, Alan Arkin as Wellness Guide, Seth Green as Danny Wax and Larry King. It is good to see satire made like a comedy, when it concerns the Hollywood lifestyle and behind-the-scenes stuff, it might not be the funniest and most witty film ever, but it is likable enough with the good stars and small romantic plot. Good!

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