The Bachelor is the worst romantic comedy I have ever seen. Ever.
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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Reviews for The Bachelor
Entertaining enough in a diversionary sort of way that audiences should find it relatively easy to enjoy its lightweight and charming proceedings.
You know a movie is desperately overreaching when Peter Ustinov, affecting a dreadful southern accent as Jimmy's grandfather, must yell into a megaphone for no apparent reason: 'The human condition!'
The Bachelor doesn't generate enough laughs or sighs to hold together.
If you go in hoping for a funny-sweet wedding comedy that deserves to stand with Four Weddings and a Funeral or My Best Friend's Wedding, The Bachelor will leave you standing at the altar.
A throwback—in mentality—to another era, without any of the charm or intelligence of the actual screwball comedies of the time.
The problem are a beginning and middle that are equally warm-n-fuzzy -- there's no spark, no energy, no humanity.
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