Awkwardly paced, indifferently acted and laughably hokey.
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07/12/07
Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 4 Fresh: 0 Rotten:4 Average Rating: N/A
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 13, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Set in contemporary New York's literary world, this is a re-telling of the classic fable of a man who sells his soul to the devil for fame and fortune and ultimately decides that he wants to get it back. Jabez Stone, a down and out writer, exchanges his soul for a successful literary career, but... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer "Love" Hewitt, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Harry Kirkpatrick
Screenwriter: Pete Dexter, Bill Condon, Nancy Cassaro
Producer: David C. Glasser, Adam Stone
Composer: Christopher Young
Screenwriter: Pete Dexter, Bill Condon, Nancy Cassaro
Producer: David C. Glasser, Adam Stone
Composer: Christopher Young
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Much of the fault can be distributed to Hewitt's performance which has neither the zing nor the menace to effectively sell us that she has any credible advantage over heavyweights like Baldwin and Hopkins.
07/12/07
Baldwin, like so many thesp-helmers, lacks an instinctive sense of how to place and move the camera.
07/12/07
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Has to be seen to be believed -- a very rare case of a movie that's such an utter train wreck you can't stop watching.
07/13/07
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