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The Bachelor

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The Bachelor (1999)

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Reviews Counted:63

Fresh:6

Rotten:57

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: Predictable and unfunny, it's a poor homage to Buster Keaton.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Chris O’Donnell stars in this comic tale of a commitment-shy bachelor who must rectify his ways if he wants to receive a multimillion dollar inheritance from his deceased grandfather. After ruining... Chris O’Donnell stars in this comic tale of a commitment-shy bachelor who must rectify his ways if he wants to receive a multimillion dollar inheritance from his deceased grandfather. After ruining a genuine proposal with a pathetic statement, Jimmie Shannon's (O'Donnell) girlfriend Anne (Renee Zellweger) leaves him. When he realizes his grandfather's only stipulation--that he get married by 6:05 on his 30th birthday--happens to be the very next day, the hunt is on for a bride-to-be. Armed with his friend (Artie Lange) and a ready-to-marry priest (James Cromwell), Jimmie spends the next 24 hours tracking down his former girlfriends, trying to find a suitable partner. THE BACHELOR is a remake of Buster Keaton's SEVEN CHANCES (1925). [More]

Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zelwegger, Hal Holbrook, Ed Asner

Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zelwegger, Hal Holbrook, Ed Asner, James Cromwell, Artie Lange, Stacy Edwards, Marley Shelton, Peter Ustinov, Sarah Silverman, Rebecca Cross, Jennifer Esposito, Mariah Carey, Brooke Shields

Director: Gary Sinyor

Director: Gary Sinyor
Screenwriter: Steve Cohen
Producer: Lloyd Segan, Bing Howenstein
Composer: David Hughes, John Murphy

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Reviews for The Bachelor

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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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N/R

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12/02/02
Danny Leigh
Danny Leigh
Sight and Sound
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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Ultimately light and cute, the middle had me checking my watch.

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01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

An innocuous waste-of-time.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The gag is evident from the get-go and the movie just repeats itself until its obvious conclusion.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Thom Bennett
Thom Bennett
Film Journal International

The brilliance of Buster Keaton deserves a better homage.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

You know a movie is desperately overreaching when Peter Ustinov, affecting a dreadful southern accent as Jimmy's grandfather, must yell into a megaphone for no apparent reason: 'The human condition!'

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01/01/00
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune

As much as I hate to admit it, The Bachelor is funny.

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01/01/00
Sharon Pian Chan
Sharon Pian Chan
Seattle Times

While O'Donnell's anxious groom-to-be is likable enough, his lack of comic timing does little to improve Steve Cohen's unimaginative script.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Francesca Dinglasan
Francesca Dinglasan
Boxoffice Magazine

A painful journey.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

we care so little and know so little about the characters, we feel tiresome and slumberous

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01/01/00
Blake French
Blake French
NutzWorld

The film's one-joke premise eventually wears out its welcome.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

A pretty lame premise for a movie.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

O'Donnell and Zellweger are easy on the eyes, but we're asked to take it on faith that they have other qualities that would make a person care for them.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Los Angeles Times
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Its satire is too broad to carry much of a sting.

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01/01/00
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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The Bachelor is the worst romantic comedy I have ever seen. Ever.

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Jeffrey Huston
Jeffrey Huston
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Entertaining enough in a diversionary sort of way that audiences should find it relatively easy to enjoy its lightweight and charming proceedings.

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01/01/00
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

An old-fashioned comedy that shouldn't work but does.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

An acceptable comedy.

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Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Film.com
 
 
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