On the Line suffers from such a predictable plot, a stale script and sitcom-y production values that even 13-year-old females might find themselves bored.
On the Line (2001)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:12
Rotten:56
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: An inept attempt at a romantic comedy aimed at 'Nsync fans.
Theatrical Release:Oct 26, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $4,201,288
Synopsis:
Kevin (LANCE BASS) has everything going for him, but his lifelong lack of confidence keeps him from recognizing love and happiness - even if it's sitting next to him. When Kevin meets the girl of...
Kevin (LANCE BASS) has everything going for him, but his lifelong lack of confidence keeps him from recognizing love and happiness - even if it's sitting next to him. When Kevin meets the girl of his dreams, Abbey, on Chicago's "L" train, they connect immediately but he lets this golden opportunity slip away by not having the courage to ask her for her name and number.
Unable to find her, or forget her, Kevin and his buddies launch a massive campaign to locate Abbey. In the process he becomes Chicago’s poster boy for lost love and the target of every young woman’s affections. But the fates that brought Kevin and Abbey together on the "L" seem determined to reunite them, revealing that love will give you a second chance if you're willing to put yourself ON THE LINE.
LANCE BASS and JOEY FATONE of N'Sync fame star in ON THE LINE - their feature film debut. ON THE LINE was directed by Eric Bross (Stranger Than Fiction, Restaurant) and was produced by Peter Abrams and Robert Levy for Tapestry Films - the team that brought you She's All That - along with Lance Bass' own production company A Happy Place and partners Wendy Thorlakson and Rich Hull. -- ©2001 Miramax
Starring: Lance Bass, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Joey Fatone, Jerry Stiller
Starring: Lance Bass, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Joey Fatone, Jerry Stiller, Gregory Qaiyum, James Bulliard
Director: Eric Bross
Director: Eric Bross
Screenwriter: Eric Aronson, Paul Stanton
Producer: Peter Abrams, Richard Hull
Composer: Stewart Copeland
Studio: Miramax Films
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Mar 26, 2002
Reviews for On the Line
For the preteen girls that are its target audience, On the Line delivers just what they crave... Everyone else, though, will be rolling their eyes.
This romantic comedy redefines the low-end of its genre, with a stale, predictable plot, 100 per cent fizzling jokes, awful acting and a sit-com quality production.
Things get more and more saccharine just about every time anyone opens their mouth.
There is plenty that is dreadful about On the Line ... but the fact that the movie is not unbearable is reason for parents everywhere to heave a sigh of relief.
Here is a movie so uncool, it had to import cool by renting the Reverend Al Green for a little crooning.
The film delivers on its admittedly modest mission -- to painlessly effect a pop star's transition to movie actor -- despite being not very subtle.
A slight, cute charmer that, as far as pop-singers-turned-actors goes, is infinitely superior to the hideous Glitter and the even more wretched Spice World.
Less a romance than a feature-length plug for 'N Sync and its personalities.
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