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America's Sweethearts (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 140

Fresh: 44

Rotten:96

Average Rating: 4.7/10

Consensus: Despite its famous cast, the movie lacks sympathetic characters and is only funny in spurts.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, some crude and sexual humor

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 20, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $93,008,426

Synopsis: Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a... Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki, Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious, Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity, penned cleverly with cynical insider wit by Crystal and Peter Tolan. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars and gaggles of press together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors, eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo), maniacal studio heads, and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story. [More]

Starring: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal

Starring: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green

Director: Joe Roth

Director: Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan, Donna Roth
Producer: Susan Arnold, Billy Crystal
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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11/20/08
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

...an egregiously bland piece of work that ultimately makes certain sitcoms look deep by comparison.

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08/11/08
David Nusair
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Bob Grimm
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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Lacking originality or true wit, this mildly amusing but utterly banal comedy again demonstrates that Joe Roth is not much of a director and that Billy Crystal can do only one thing as an actor--be Billy Crystal.

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02/16/06
Emanuel Levy
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Geoff Andrew
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12/15/03
Christopher Tookey
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12/15/03
Neil Norman
This is London

Could have been more with such a great cast, but still manages to entertain.

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09/27/03
Scott Nash
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05/14/03
Joe Mader
Palo Alto Weekly

It gets a little funnier toward the end, making up for the draggy first half . . . However, the shelf-life of this Sweetheart should be short indeed.

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03/20/03
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
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Slight, but at least fitfully funny.

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02/13/03
Tom Grealis
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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

A loose-limbed, occasionally funny movie of many madly spinning teacups sunk by uninvested-in characters and niggling, wrongheaded details.

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01/16/03
Brent Simon
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12/17/02
Rebecca Murray
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12/08/02
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Inevitably there are some funny moments, and of course this is an endlessly watchable cast. But the movie is just too over-the-top.

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12/02/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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October 20, 2005: Trailer Bulletin: Freedomland
From director Joe Roth and screenwriter Richard Price comes "Freedomland," an apparently racially-charged kidnapping thriller that stars Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne... More...

June 23, 2005: Production Wraps on Roth's "Freedomland"
Revolution Studios issued a press release that ComingSoon.net was kind enough to publicize, and here's the scoop: The Joe Roth mystery thriller "Freedlomland," which... More...

June 05, 2001: 'I'm the reason Billy didn't host the Oscars this year,' jokes Roth. 'I didn't want to wait around till after the ceremony to make this movie.' Opens in new window
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June 05, 2001: 'There’s a certain amount of cynicism to the film,' Cusack says wryly. 'No one's gotten out with their ego intact.' Opens in new window
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