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The Bachelor (1999)
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Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 6
Rotten:56
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
when it comes to delivering punchlines or finding the laughs in a speech, O'Donnell is way out of his area of expertise, and that's exactly what he's called upon to do throughout 'The Bachelor,' a wholly irritating stab at a fluffy romantic farce.
A terrible film that witlessly unfurls its limp narrative. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film.
Probably the best that can be said about The Bachelor is that it gave a lot of work to female extras.
we care so little and know so little about the characters, we feel tiresome and slumberous
If O'Donnell could come off as half the jerk he's pretending to play the movie might have generated more than one laugh.
The Bachelor is just as dismal a failure -- the anti-date movie of the year.
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