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The Bachelor

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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. Predictable and unfunny, it's a poor homage to Buster Keaton. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Synopsis:
The 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 (Zellweger) leaves him.... [More]
The 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 (Zellweger) leaves him. When he realizes his grandfather's only stipulation, that he get married by 6:05 on his thirtieth birthday, happens to be the very next day, the hunt is on for a bride-to-be. Armed with his friend (Lange) and a ready-to-marry priest (Cromwell), Jimmie spends the next twenty-four hours tracking down his former girlfriends, trying to find a suitable partner. A remake of Buster Keaton's Seven Chances (1925). [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Hal Holbrook, Ed Asner, James Cromwell

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

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 29, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access

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  • Cast and Crew Filmographies

DVD-ROM Features:

  • Script-to-Screen
  • Weblinks

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
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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 07:48 PM
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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05/22/03 05:14 PM
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02/08/03 08:27 AM
John R. McEwen
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A terrible film that witlessly unfurls its limp narrative. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film.

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01/16/03 03:20 PM
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today
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12/02/02 08:27 AM
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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03/22/02 08:15 AM
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Stay home.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Reel.com
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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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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Betsy Sherman
Boston Globe
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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 12:00 AM
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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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News
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You deserve better than this.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Bradley Null
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Cornell & Petricelli
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The Bachelor is just as dismal a failure -- the anti-date movie of the year.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Darryl Sterdan
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The Bachelor is just as dismal a failure -- the anti-date movie of the year.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Darryl Sterdan
Winnipeg Sun
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