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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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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.

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07/01/03
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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Film Quips Online

A terrible film that witlessly unfurls its limp narrative. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film.

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Stay home.

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Probably the best that can be said about The Bachelor is that it gave a lot of work to female extras.

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Betsy Sherman
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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
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If O'Donnell could come off as half the jerk he's pretending to play the movie might have generated more than one laugh.

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Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

You deserve better than this.

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Cornell & Petricelli
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

The Bachelor is just as dismal a failure -- the anti-date movie of the year.

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