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 Director
:Joe Roth
Starring
: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John
Cusack, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken.
Picture
2.35:1 Anamorphic, DD 5.1, Dual-Layer, Keep Case
Running
Time : 99 mins
The
story:
A
comedy about celebrity, family and other forms of insanity.
Gwen
(Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are America's
Sweethearts - the country's favourite couple, on-screen
and off. But when their very public romance turns into a
very private break-up, only veteran press agent Lee (Billy
Crystal) and Gwen's assistant Kiki (Julia Roberts) can help
Gwen and Eddie show some love while they promote their last
film together. But the press junket is in a resort hotel
miles from anywhere and the film is no-where to be seen!
While Lee and Kiki frantically try to keep the media entertained
and their minds off the film's they're all gathered to see,
the truth about America's Sweethearts is revealed!
The
summary:
America's
Sweethearts can be best described as one of those cute romantic
comedies that Hollywood churns out in bucketful's. Co-Written
by (and starring) Billy Crystal, I'd suggest that Billy
goes back to what he does best - acting. The story seems
to be made up of two or three good ideas, but for the remaining
70 minutes it struggles for direction. It's not a bad film,
but it's certainly not a good film either. Perhaps the biggest
disappointment is the waste of talent of the stars that
appear in the billing.
The comedy is mainly satire based around this celebrity
couple in movie industry. It's does work up to a point,
but the comedy really comes down to a few great one-liners
and the odd scene. Slightly disappointing for the viewer
to say the least. Zeta-Jones is great as the spoiled bitch
Gwen and Cusack has probably the best developed character,
Eddie who he plays with ease and provides most of the films
funny moments. Considering this is Director Joe Roths comeback
film (his last film being the 1990 comedy Coupe de Ville),
he obviously thought highly of it's potential. Didn't we
all. I guess he was blinded by the prospect of being involved
in a film with the popular and successful Billy Crystal,
which may explain the high profile names associated with
the film. Sadly, this is not a comeback to be remembered.
Almost
anticipating the lukewarm reception to it's arrival on DVD,
Universal really haven't put a lot of effort into this package.
The audio is well below par even for a comedy, but the picture
is easily the highlight of the disc. Bonus material is almost
non-existent, consisting of only five deleted scenes and
some trailers. If you must see this film I'd recommend a
rental. It's not a terrible film and the ending is not at
all what you would expect (it's pretty good!) but I can't
see myself watching it again in a hurry..
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