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America's Sweethearts (2001)

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Reviews Counted:142

Fresh:45

Rotten:97

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Despite its famous cast, the movie lacks sympathetic characters and is only funny in spurts.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a... Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki, Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious, Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity, penned cleverly with cynical insider wit by Crystal and Peter Tolan. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars and gaggles of press together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors, eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo), maniacal studio heads, and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story. [More]

Starring: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal

Starring: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green

Director: Joe Roth

Director: Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan, Donna Roth
Producer: Susan Arnold, Billy Crystal
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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The script here is not funny, while the cast -- though star-studded -- is perfunctory.

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10/08/01
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
BBC
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Inevitably there are some funny moments, and of course this is an endlessly watchable cast. But the movie is just too over-the-top.

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12/02/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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12/30/06
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02/09/06
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01/27/02
Rich Cline
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12/15/03
Neil Norman
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12/15/03
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10/29/01
Guardian [UK]
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The film does indeed deliver the laughs, and I suppose we can't ask much more than that in these mediocre summer months.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/23/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Occasionally amusing, but also an irritating mess.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
07/20/01
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Has its share of memorable funny moments.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
07/17/01
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

A fairly hilarious inside-Hollywood farce.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
07/19/01
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wide parched vistas of monotony separate scrabbly oases of amusement and the payoff for a gag almost never matches the time devoted to its setup.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
07/19/01
Bob Aulert
Bob Aulert
culturevulture.net

Lo adorable de su elenco, lo divertido de su trama y su atractivo reparto, la hacen sumamente disfrutable

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
10/29/01
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

A film that manages the frustrating feat of being pleasant and misguided at the same time.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
07/20/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

One of the most caustic and hilarious looks behind the scenes of movie-making since Bowfinger.

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07/19/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Disappointingly pedestrian for a movie with such ripe and easy targets for much sharper satire.

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07/19/01
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A terrific romantic comedy about narcissism, insincerity, lunacy and glamour.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
07/19/01
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

The movie is often chaotic and sometimes so silly and broad it borders on slapstick, but mostly it's just dumb fun.

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07/20/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Toronto Sun
 
 
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