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A woman discovers that a part of her family history may be more complicated -- and more famous -- than she ever imagined in this comedy. Thirtysomething Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston), who has spe... read more read more...nt most of her adult life in New York City, is flying home to California with her long time boyfriend, Jeff Daly (Mark Ruffalo), for the wedding of her annoyingly perky younger sister, Annie (Mena Suvari). While Sarah and Jeff have recently announced they're engaged to be married, Sarah has been having second thoughts, and she isn't excited about the prospect of spending time with the family where she's always felt like the odd duck. As Sarah tries to decide what she should do with her personal and professional lives, she turns to her sharp-tongued and still youthful grandmother, Katharine (Shirley MacLaine), for advice, and Katharine shares a little-known bit of family history -- that Sarah's now-deceased mother left her father, Earl (Richard Jenkins), a few days before their wedding and ran off with another man for several days before coming back and marrying Earl. However, after hearing this Sarah is also treated to some long-simmering local gossip about a young man who ran off with a bride-to-be after he was seduced by her mother...and that the story became the basis for the hit movie The Graduate. Sarah begins to wonder, was Katharine the real-life Mrs. Robinson of this story? And if it's true, who was the man who had affairs with Sarah's mother and grandmother? Was it dashing and wealthy family friend Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), who has also turned Sarah's head? Rumor Has It... was produced from an original screenplay by Ted Griffin; Griffin was originally set to direct the film, but shortly after production began he was replaced, with Rob Reiner taking over the project. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Release Date: December 25, 2005

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DVD Release Date: May 9, 2006

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  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    An ok film. Jennifer Aniston has always been a favourite of mine.
  • Deano78
    May 19, 2010
    Deano78
    An average run of the mill rom-com/drama has some funny bits and gets more serious to the end. Starting to like Jennifer Aniston a lot more in films. She was great in friends but has done far too many rom-coms now that they just kinda all blur into one. An ok watch if you're in t... read morehe mood. Although some strange plot decisions don't add up?!
  • FiLmCrAzY
    July 27, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    I loved this movie, its hilarious, sexy and just a really fun entertaining star studded movie!! Shirley Maclaine is excellent at playing the grandma who doesnt like being called that so she deliveers a fantastic funny performance and Aniston is fantastic and gorgeous!!
    Aniston p... read morelays someone who has always thought she was adopted just becuase she ahs absolutely nothing in common with her family, so when she finds out that a book was writtenand happened to be based on the huttinger family she starts to think Kevin costners character is her family so through a series of scenes which deliver funny gags you find out what really is the truth!!
    Funny and completely worth a watch!!
  • kenstachnik
    October 20, 2008
    kenstachnik
    *Shudder*
  • Redlats
    March 2, 2008
    Redlats
    This is a silly movie. How could Aniston's role could fall into bed with the guy she already knows slept with her mom and grandma? Aniston's speech to her little sister at the end of the movie may be the only redeeming part.
  • jagfire
    August 23, 2007
    jagfire
    Rumor has it this movie can be thrown into the pits of hell.
  • djdemersseman
    July 24, 2007
    djdemersseman
    Take Jerry Maguire and replace most of the drama from it with comedy and you might have this movie... sorta'... Clever and twisted but in a good way. The premise is more possible than plausible, but it draws you in like a car wreck.
    "Look, I know it sounds nuts, but sometimes lif... read moree SHOULD be nuts. Otherwise, it's just a bunch of Thursdays strung together."
  • thmtsang
    June 24, 2007
    thmtsang
    interesting story.
  • jennifxu
    May 30, 2007
    jennifxu
    shirley maclaine and kevin costner are way too good to do crap movies like this.
  • gatorgirl13
    May 19, 2007
    gatorgirl13
    Pretty good. Kevin Costner will never be a bad thing.

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Critic Reviews

Rex Reed
January 11, 2006
Rex Reed, New York Observer

Nothing is remotely believable here. Full Review

Peter Rainer
January 5, 2006
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

I suppose it sounded like a good idea at the time. Full Review

Susan Walker
December 27, 2005
Susan Walker, Toronto Star

A scantily clad premise that would at best have been a light-hearted farce goes in search of a heart-tugging denouement and doesn't find it. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
December 27, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It fails artistically but also philosophically, in that it rebuts the spirit of the earlier film, while offering nothing attractive in its place. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
December 27, 2005
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

Becalmed in this ghastly, would-be comedy, Aniston can do little to mitigate its ickiness.

Kyle Smith
December 27, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Seeing [Reiner] work now is like watching Willie Mays hobble around in a Mets uniform during that pathetic final year when he hit .211.

Kevin Crust
December 27, 2005
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

[The film is] rendered in a witless, banal environment that makes the whole thing pointless as it creeps to its oddly conformist conclusions. Full Review

Jack Mathews
December 27, 2005
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

Without a plausible story, Rumor Has It has only its performances to get it by, and a very familiar performance -- from Shirley MacLaine, as Beau's still bawdy, one-time seductress -- is the best we get. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
December 27, 2005
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

By its final scenes, Rumor has faded into the haze of comforting mediocrity, and I could no longer tell whether the filmmakers wanted to mock Pasadena or move there.

Lisa Kennedy
December 27, 2005
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Nichols' satirically pungent ambitions are reduced to an epiphany about love and marriage -- and an unconvincing one at that. Full Review

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