A View From the Top Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: D-) |
Donna Jensen (Gwyneth Paltrow) lives with her trailer trash mom in tiny
Silver Springs, Nevada. But, she has greater ambitions than to just cool
her heals in a go-nowhere town. When she reads the best-seller, The Sky
Is My Life, by uber-stewardess Sally...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
VIEW FROM THE TOP, by director Bruno Barreto (BOSSA NOVA), is best defined by
what it's not. No matter what the trailers might lead you to believe, it never
attempts to be the next AIRPLANE! -- even if it does have its slapstick moments.
Instead, this...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 1/5) |
Long time readers know that Mike Myers in SNL mode is very tiresome
to me. Gwyneth Paltrow - far from bullet proof herself (Great
Expectations) cannot singlehandedly save a movie from itself by
transcending its material. In a good movie, she is...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Jonathan F. Richards |
In the great tradition of movies like "Room at the Top", "View From the
Bridge", and "A Room with a View", Miramax’s new release has the words "view"
and "top" in its title. Otherwise, this mild, low-wattage comedy has very
little going for it....more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Homer Yen (Rating: C+) |
With the hostilities having already commenced a
half a world away, a palpable sense of concern
seems to preoccupy many of us here at home, as we
are fixated to the various news channels
providing 24-hour coverage. Something to
distract us with a little...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Laura Clifford (Rating: C-) |
Donna Jensen (Gwyneth Paltrow) believes her dreams of leaving her trailer park
existence in Silver Springs, Nevada are answered with a job and assistant
manager boyfriend at a local discount warehouse store, but when she's dumped,
she transfers her hopes...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Susan Granger (Rating: 3/10) |
Susan Granger's review of "A View From the Top" (Miramax Films)
Stranded Gwyneth Paltrow serves as a cotton-candy parachute as this
flimsy, ailing airline comedy plummets into oblivion. Filmed several years ago,
it's been gathering dust on the...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 2/4) |
# stars based on 4 stars: 2
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Miramax Films
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Written by: Eric Wald
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly
Preston, Mike Myers, Candice Bergen, Rob Lowe
Screened at: Loews...more |
A View From the Top Review |
by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
PLOT:
A small-town girl who doesn't get much encouragement from her family discovers a
mentor via a successful flight attendant who provides her with the needed
support to pursue her own dreams to the top. Unfortunately for the sexy
mamasita, becoming a...more |