Good movie. I enjoyed it alot. Great peformances by Jeanne Tripplhhorn, Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Jessica Parker. You should rent this movie. :)
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Dylan McDermott,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Jennifer Aniston,
Ken Olin
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This romantic comedy is the first film from two television veterans, writer Winnie Holzman and director Scott Winant. Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is a writer working on the life story of former chi... read more
DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
Stats: 127 reviews
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May 16, 2008
Not too bad of a movie. Was surprised to see Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Jessica Parker in it.
The Awful Truth was crazy! I would definitely get cut eating there.
The plot isn't really original but it was kind of interesting. You knew they were going to finally meet and after aw... read more -
February 18, 2008
It isn't the best romantic movie made, but I enjoyed it. The script could have been better, but the casting was great. The film features Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeanne Tripplehorn. I felt like I had seen this movie a few times because of the ... read more
Critic Reviews
A tired piece of romantic cornball fare that harks back to a bygone era, the film is a badly conceived, poorly executed fairy tale guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats. Full Review
Tripplehorn and McDermott are likable enough in their roles, but Holzman's precious, overwritten script gives them few genuinely honest moments. Full Review
Here is the most tiresome and affected movie in many a moon, a 114-minute demonstration of the Idiot Plot, in which everything could be solved with a few well-chosen words that are never spoken. Full Review
A fragmentary and amateurish fairy tale.
Tripplehorn and McDermott don't look as if they belong together and aren't strong enough actors to overcome their physical incompatibility. So there's no sense of urgency about them getting together. Full Review
The payoff, such as it is, is distressingly anticlimactic, and results in frustration. Full Review
The studio left this alleged romantic comedy sitting on the shelf for a year -- and it didn't improve with age. Full Review
Bad romantic comedies with sappy characters aren't always without merit, since we cynics can at least use them to further our conviction that love isn't worth the trouble. But this bad romantic comedy... Full Review
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