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America's Sweethearts
2001
Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on .. Read more
| Starring | Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Crystal, John Cusack |
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| Director | Joe Roth |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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America's Sweethearts
Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki, Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious, Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity, penned cleverly with cynical insider wit by Crystal and Peter Tolan. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars and gaggles of press together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors, eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo), maniacal studio heads, and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story.
| Starring | Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green |
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| Director | Joe Roth |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Rom-Coms |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, Hindi, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 18 Apr 2005 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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It's time someone had a proper crack at a film about the publicity behind movies and one would think Billy Crystal in scriptwriting mode would be that very man. Here he's nearly on to a winner — but not quite. Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Cusack play the Hollywood couple who've split up since making their last film together. Crystal is the film publicist who has to get the estranged couple together for the press junket taking place at an isolated Nevada hotel. What he can't account for is Zeta-Jones's current wild-card boyfriend, Hank Azaria, and Cusack transferring his affections from his superstar wife to her sister and personal assistant, Julia Roberts. The scene is set for a showdown and it's all very funny in a daft, predictable kind of way. But it lacks the bite that could have made it so much better, in spite of some memorable Tinseltown grotesques served up by Stanley Tucci and Christopher Walken. For a quality satire on the subject, try David Mamet's State and Main instead.
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"...There's a lot to like about AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS....It's well cast, with an excellent premise and a wicked sense of humor..."
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Pleasantly surprised
I rented this as it kept on being recommended to me on the 'my recommendations' page. So I thought would give it a try. The formula is the same old tried and tested one so you will not be surprised with the ending but it held by attention for the 1hr 40 mins and the performances by Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones and Billy Crystal were good and it was funny so overall I think it is worth the 4 stars and worth renting.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Average. John Cusack though.
This is not a great film, it's arguable that it's even a good film but I wouldn't call it a bad film.
This is one of those films that isn't quite anything, it has a great cast and some funny moments but it just doesn't sparkle, you'll watch it once but won't be compelled to watch it again.
It's got John Cusack in it though. This is a good thing. -
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America's Sweethearts
Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current ...
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