The Story of Us1999
The Story of Us (1999)
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Critic Consensus: A lack of chemistry between Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer fatally undermines the dull and predictable Story of Us.
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as Ben Jordan
as Katie Jordan
as Marty
as Stan
as Rachel
as Dave
as Liza
as Taxi Driver
as Erin at 10
as Josh at 12
as Dot
as Harry
as Lillian
as Arnie
as Mary
as Restaurant Patron
as Eddie Kirby
as Minister
as Joanie Kirby
as Shelly
as George
as Sara
as Dr. Rifkin
as Dr. Hopkins
as Dr. Siegler
as Uncle Shelly
as Camper
as Realtor
as Cooking Teacher
as Store Clerk
as Maitre d'
as Josh at Two and a Half
as Josh at Three
as Josh at Seven
as Erin at Five
as Waiter
as Waiter
as Obstetrician
Critic Reviews for The Story of Us
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (59) | DVD (7)
If you see this shrill, clumsy comedy... you may wonder if the movie could have been saved by another director (instead of Rob Reiner) working with other writers (instead of Alan Zweibel and Jessie Nelson).
Its manufactured crises and too-glib jokes give it a facile, fraudulent air.
The Story of Us is a story of confused intentions and misused talents.
This is a second-rate Woody Allen midlife crisis comedy without the laughs.
This one gets stuck in a rut pretty early on and has difficulty rising out of it.
The Story of Us is all too willing to settle for superficial comedy and pat answers at the expense of real insight.
Audience Reviews for The Story of Us
Hey...If I want relationship trouble I'll get a wife and start picking on all that she does. Pfeiffer was good though.
Super Reviewer
Director Rob Reiner's somber study of the collapse of a 15-year marriage probably wasn't intended to be so depressing. In using a continual flashback/flashforward style of storytelling, he ends up putting too much emphasis on the bickering between heartbroken mates and not enough on their early years of love and harmony. This lack of balance mars what might have been a touching, involving movie.
Super Reviewer
I love this film. Rob Reiner rocks. The story winds as a couple grows apart and somehow back together. Seems to show a true version of love and all that comes with it.
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The Story of Us Quotes
| Katie Jordan: | ....and if one person is always drawing the world as they want it to be, i guess the other person has no choice but to draw it the way it is. I guess that's why they never wrote a book about Harold's wife. |
| Katie Jordan: | If one person is always drawing the world as they want it to be, i guess the other person has no choice but to draw it the way it is. I guess that's why they never wrote a book about Harold's wife. |