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View from the Top (2003)
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Reviews Counted:122
Fresh:17
Rotten:105
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Uneven in tone and badly edited, A View From the Top wastes the talents of its cast and condescends to its characters.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she... This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book, "My Life in the Sky," and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant. Soon, the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and, along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) and Christine (Christina Applegate), dreams of working the international routes on a large airline. That opportunity arises when Royalty Airlines holds a job fair where the girls are drilled by Mike Myers' hilarious former airline attendant, John Whitney. Soon, Donna and Christine find themselves in training at Royalty's home base with the manic Whitney where the ambitious Donna makes it clear that she's headed for the international routes by acing all of Whitney's tests. However, Donna finds that success doesn't come without its pitfalls when she ends up stationed in Cleveland where she strikes up a romance while still dreaming about jetting around Europe as a first class flight attendant. [More]
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Mark Ruffalo, Mike Myers
Director: Bruno Barreto
Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriter: Eric Wald
Producer: Brad Grey, Matthew Baer, Bobby Cohen
Studio: Miramax Films
Reviews for View from the Top
View From the Top is one of those misguided movies that mistakes wackiness for depth.
If this is the View From the Top, I'd hate to see the View From the Bottom.
Paltrow cannot begin to save this unfunny flight attendant comedy that should have gone direct to video.
The new Bruno Barreto film, “View from the Top,” is a light yet bruising comedy about flight attendants, which should stand as an immediate warning to them and also to anyone planning to fly in the coming weeks. Indeed, just try getting some warm nuts and
Who on earth is this embarrassment -- easily the worst film of the year to date -- aimed at?
As involving as a pre-takeoff explanation of jetliner safety features.
I think this camp classic is an accident along the lines of Showgirls: howlingly funny, filled with gratingly earnest performances, riddled with dialogue that will be quoted at parties.
Paltrow is lovable in the right roles, and here she's joined by two others who are sunny on the screen: Candice Bergen, as the best-selling flight attendant who becomes her mentor, and Mark Ruffalo.
View From the Top is an apt title for this sorta-comedy, which always seems to be looking down on its characters.
O filme pode até não ser uma obra-de-arte, mas está longe de ser o desastre que muitos anunciaram. Ao menos, ele diverte.
Somewhere in the midst of Mike Meyers' outrageously floaty eye is a grown up satire waiting to get out.
We're supposed to cheer for her success, but she's shooting so far below her potential that it's depressing instead. That, and the huge lack of jokes.
The movie floats around aimlessly between condescending dumb-blonde comedy, soggy love story and follow-your-destiny corn.
Such a godawful mess that you honestly can't tell if it was meant to be a comedy or not.
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