| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C) |
| Starring Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Catherine
Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Stanley Tucci, Alan Arkin,
Christopher Walken. Directed by Joe Roth. Rated PG-13. more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| I consider it sinful to cast Julia Roberts in a movie nowadays. She is such a
watchable presence and has such a stunning smile that it is easy to see why
she's a movie star. Star first, actor second. The truth is that she has always
impressed me as an...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Michael Dequina (Rating: 2/4) |
| Two types of comedies struggle for control in _America's_Sweethearts_:
one, a catty satire of the Hollywood hype machine; the other, a frothy star
vehicle for America's apparent real-life sweetheart, Julia Roberts. Coming out
the loser in the...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 2/5) |
| America's Sweethearts (2001)
Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank
Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green. Screenplay by
Billy Crystal & Peter Tolan. Directed by Joe Roth. 100 minutes.
Rated PG-13, 2 stars...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C) |
| There are three problems that suck all the fun out of
"America's Sweethearts," a romantic comedy with enough
star power that should light up a city. First, Larry
King, who provides a two-minute cameo, gives the most
zestful performance among the...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Is the world ready for a plump Julie Roberts, who appears in flashback with an
extra 60 pounds? ("That's a Backstreet Boy," Billy Crystal says of her weight
loss. Along with Peter Tolan, Crystal is responsible for AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS'
hilarious...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) have
been romantic idols to the American public for nine films. When their
marriage broke up a year and a half ago, her career went down the tubes and
he ended up as a patient at a...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) and Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) were
America's favorite Hollywood couple, appearing in one blockbuster after
another together. But when they teamed up with genius filmmaker
Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken), Gwen...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Columbia Pictures
Director: Joe Roth
Writer: Billy Crystal
Cast: Julia Roberts, Billy crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John
Cusack, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth
Green, Alan Arkin, Keri Lynn Pratt,...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Dustin Putman (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Directed by Joe Roth.
Cast: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, Hank
Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Seth Green, Christopher Walken, Keri Lynn Pratt.
2001 - 102 minutes
Rated PG-13 (for sexual situations involving a dog and an...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 4/10) |
| What a waste of a talented cast! Billy Crystal and co-writer Peter Tolan have
concocted a sly, provocative premise and, as the opening credits roll, it's
obvious that they're attempting an old-fashioned romantic comedy. The story
involves a veteran...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| America's Sweethearts could have been the summer's best romantic comedy but
will instead be remembered as one of the season's biggest disappointments.
Don't get me wrong - the film isn't awful, and, at times, it's quite
entertaining. Given the A-list...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5) |
| AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001). 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Julia Roberts,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Stanley Tucci, Hank Azaria,
Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin and Seth Green. Written by Crystal and Peter
Tolan. Music by James...more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by Christopher Null (Rating: 2/5) |
| Would you believe -- in real life, I mean -- that if you were Julia
Roberts, that you'd be the ugly underdog to your sister, the creepy
Catherine Zeta-Jones? more |
| America's Sweethearts Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 3/10) |
| PLOT:
A separated, glamorous, Hollywood couple must pretend to reunite for a press
junket of the last movie that they ever shot together. Kewl...now I only wish
that I could pretend never to have seen this movie... more |
