Charles Shyer

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Alfie review by from Nottingham, England

Disappointing or Pointless 8 January 2005
... Manhattan. Rather like his 1991 re-make of ?Father of the Bride?, director Charles Shyer creates a superficial, anodyne movie that is workmanlike and obvious in pressin... Read customer review

Alfie on DVD (2004)
Starring: Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Sienna Miller
Director: Charles Shyer, Elaine Pope
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Jude Law stars in this trenchant dramatic-comedy, a remake of the 1966 British counterculture classic that launched the career of Michael Caine. This version is set in New York City and is pumped up with giddy, cleverly experimental editing. The story has Alfie (Law), a Don Juan-esque limo driver, ..read more »

52% from 37,004 members

The Affair Of The Necklace (2001)
Starring: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker
Director: Charles Shyer
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This tale of intrigue and corruption is based on a true account of 18th Century French noblewoman Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (played by Oscar-winner Hilary Swank), whose family has been dispossessed of status and title by the king. To restore honor to her name, not to mention reclaim her family ..read more »

56% from 824 members
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The Parent Trap on DVD (1998)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan
Director: Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer
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Walt Disney's The Parent Trap tells the tale of identical twin sisters, separated shortly after birth by the break-up of their parents. Unaware of each other's existence, the girls coincidentally meet at summer camp in Maine. Eager to meet their respective parents, the girls devise a scheme to ..read more »

71% from 5,266 members

Father Of The Bride 2 on DVD (1995)
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short
Director: Charles Shyer
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George and Nina Banks have just settled down since their daughter Annie's wedding when life hurls another milestone at them--a grandchild. Once again they're scrambling to do everything right for their expecting daughter while facing the midlife crisis of being called "grandparents."

62% from 5,561 members

I Love Trouble on DVD (1994)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts, Robert Loggia
Director: Charles Shyer
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A romantic-comedy-thriller set amidst Chicago's newspaper trade, this star vehicle pits an established news writer against a beautiful cub reporter from a rival paper. When a story each is after turns dangerous, they put aside their differences to get to the bottom of a lethal miasma of corporate ..read more »

55% from 616 members

Father Of The Bride on DVD (1992)
Starring: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Diane Keaton
Director: Charles Shyer
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A remake of the 1950s Spencer Tracy/Elizabeth Taylor classic in which an ordinary guy has to take on the planning, expense, and complications of his daughter's wedding. Martin Short appears in the hilarious role of the wedding coordinator while Steve Martin has one of his best roles as the man who ..read more »

66% from 7,226 members

Baby Boom on DVD (1987)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Zoe Wanamaker
Director: Charles Shyer
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When J.C. Wiatt, a total workaholic in charge of her life and career, inherits a 13-month-old baby girl, she finds her life is no longer her own. Fleeing the city and moving to the country, J.C. and Elizabeth market their own applesauce, which becomes a nationwide success. But do they return to the ..read more »

64% from 2,602 members

Alfie - 2.5 stars
The Affair Of The Necklace - 3.0 stars
The Parent Trap - 3.5 stars
Father Of The Bride 2 - 3.0 stars
I Love Trouble - 3.0 stars

The Parent Trap - 3.5 stars
Father Of The Bride - 3.5 stars
Baby Boom - 3.0 stars
Father Of The Bride 2 - 3.0 stars
The Affair Of The Necklace - 3.0 stars

Alfie - 2.5 stars
I Love Trouble - 3.0 stars
The Affair Of The Necklace - 3.0 stars
Father Of The Bride 2 - 3.0 stars
Baby Boom - 3.0 stars

Diane Keaton - 3 times - show films
Kieran Culkin - 2 times - show films
Steve Martin - 2 times - show films
Martin Short - 2 times - show films
Kimberly Williams - 2 times - show films

Elaine Pope - 2 times - show films
Nancy Meyers - 1 times - show films