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America's Sweethearts (2001)

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Reviews Counted:142

Fresh:45

Rotten:97

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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The movie is a polished muddle, fitfully amusing but with no spine.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
07/20/01
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
Slate

It's a perfectly fine setup for romantic-comedy capering, with enough good one-liners to satisfy. But Roth seems a bit at sea with his powerhouse cast.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
07/20/01
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Doesn't contain a single genuine emotion. It's just as bogus and hollow as the movie business it portrays.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/20/01
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Director Roth's only real nerve is in mocking excessive close-ups in the Walken 'art' travesty. His own movie is a brazen, artless parade of them.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/01
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

A film that manages the frustrating feat of being pleasant and misguided at the same time.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
07/20/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Without the pleasure of watching this star quartet at work, America's Sweethearts would barely be a footnote on the summer of 2001. With them, it's just barely worth staying till the end.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
07/20/01
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

If you like a little surprise in your movies, don't bother lining up for America's Sweethearts.

Full Review Source: Ottawa Citizen | comment Comment
07/20/01
Janice Kennedy
Janice Kennedy
Ottawa Citizen

Think of it as the spoonful of sugar that will help the medicine go down, a drizzle of soft ice cream guaranteed to bring a quick smile to a kid's face on a bad day.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
07/20/01
Barry Johnson
Barry Johnson
Oregonian

Occasionally amusing, but also an irritating mess.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
07/20/01
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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As undemanding summer movies go, America’s Sweethearts is surprisingly funny and sweet, despite some missed comic opportunities and curious casting choices.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/20/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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A hypocritical purveyor of the same schlock nonsense it pretends to lampoon.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
07/20/01
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

For the farce it so desperately wants to be, the film often feels slack and too reliant on so-so punch lines for laughs.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
07/20/01
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

Not quite tart, not real sweet.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
07/20/01
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Can't decide if it wants to be a romantic comedy or a sarcastic send-up of all things Hollywood.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/20/01
Rob Caley
Rob Caley
Jam! Movies

Once the junket begins the film starts falling apart. Parody and satire are replaced by tired, silly slapstick that is beneath the talents of the actors.

Full Review Source: Calgary Sun | comment Comment
07/20/01
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Calgary Sun

The movie is often chaotic and sometimes so silly and broad it borders on slapstick, but mostly it's just dumb fun.

Full Review Source: Toronto Sun | comment Comment
07/20/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Toronto Sun

You go to America's Sweethearts anticipating a prime flossy, glossy entertainment. You come away better by a few laughs but with expectations sadly deflated.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
07/20/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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A case study in missed opportunities.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
07/20/01
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Given its subject matter, it's too genial to cut deep.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
07/20/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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The script is full of half-considered character stances.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
07/20/01
Paul Tatara
Paul Tatara
CNN.com
 
 
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