Murphy's Romance

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Director Martin Ritt (Norma Rae) helmed this offbeat romance that earned costar James Garner an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a widowed druggist who befriends a confused divorcee (Sally Field) and her son, who move to a small rural town to start over. The laid-back performance of Garner as a man finding love "for the last time in his life" contrasts wonderfully with Field's portrayal of a woman scared and unsure of what the future may hold for her, and the two of them together exhibit great comic timing. As well written and as deftly performed as any movie of its type, Murphy's Romance will rope you in with its winning style. --Robert Lane

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Great movie. My all-time favorite........2007-09-09

Great movie. My all-time favorite.

I've seen this movie about 30 times.
Far more than any other that I've ever watched.

Great family viewing.

So Utterly Charming.......2007-09-04

This film is practically impossible to not like. It has likeable but three dimensional characters. James Garner is at his best, earning his only Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Sally Field is almost his equal. All in all this is a wonderful concoction of romance, wooing, charm and your normal run of the mill slice of life. It is really enjoyable and undemanding. One feels good about life after viewing this one. Its message is probably that you can find your true love much later than you thought you would or perhaps again.

Great Movie.......2007-08-28

Sally Field & James Garner together? A great movie.
Sally is a single mom on an adventure, setting out on her, shows what a woman can do to survive!
James Garner can put his shoes under my bed anytime!
A great movie, great for an evening for a girls night out!

One of my favorite chick flicks........2007-08-23

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this movie. Still makes me laugh and the ending really touches my heart.

Finding Love Where You Wouldn't Expect.......2007-08-14

Emma is a single mother who moves into a small town in Arizona. What I admire most about this character played by Sally Field is her perseverance when things aren't going right - something we all have to have from time to time. She struggles with getting over her ex-husband who keeps popping back into the picture, re-establishing herself in a new town, kick-starting her business and learning to love in a deeper, more meaningful way. She finds love where she wouldn't expect it, and with someone she wouldn't have imagined. Set in an endearing small town, this story, simple and yet interesting, peppered with humor and defining moments, is sure to touch your heart. This movie always leaves me with a good feeling.

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There is Always Hope
Message in a bottle
paul newman/kevin costner fan
A great love story with a tragic ending!!!!
DVD as a Christmas gift

Message in a Bottle
Starring: Kevin Costner , Robin Wright Penn , Paul Newman , John Savage , and Illeana Douglas
Director: Luis Mandoki
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ASIN: B00000JGPC
Release Date: 1999-08-03

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If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romance tale stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa, a Chicago Tribune researcher who finds a note encased in a green bottle that has floated onto a Cape Cod shore. The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine, but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina. He's Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a taciturn builder of sailboats and a grieving widower whose late wife, poetically speaking, was the intended recipient of the seafaring note Theresa found. Theresa, a divorcée with a son, decides to meet Garret, only to find him as bottled-up as his message. Nevertheless, a romance blooms on the strength of quality time in a sailboat and lots of cuddling, though the script tosses in bits of conflict to keep their relationship spicy. Directed by Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman), this love story is entirely by the numbers, with Costner inhabiting (rather than performing) a stock fantasy of a man perfect in every way save his broken heart. Penn brings more vibrancy to her equally predictable part, but fortunately for all, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane, and Illeana Douglas are on hand in nicely textured character parts. Sometimes predictability is exactly what one wants when settling in for an evening of home video, and this movie fits the bill nicely. The appealing cinematography is by ace cameraman Caleb Deschanel. --Tom Keogh

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There is Always Hope.......2007-04-05

If you drop messages in a bottle, you never know who might get them. In the case of this story, one sailor's messages cause a woman to fall in love with him.

Message in a bottle.......2007-04-03

The disc you sent to me, could not be played in the U.K

The screen showed a message saying this product may not be played in your zone !!!

I still want a disc that will play this moviein the U.K

.Can you help ?. Lawrence Barr.

paul newman/kevin costner fan.......2007-03-18

ive always loved this movie because it shows that love is precious. it was nice to see a man love his wife through it all by expressing his love for his wife through all the little and big things that made her special in their lives together. at the same time, it shows how love can change people and perhaps love can move mountains and sometimes, we just have to take chances in life and in love.

A great love story with a tragic ending!!!!.......2007-03-10

The novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In a Bottle, has been turned into a wonderful movie about loss and new-found love. It stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. The story begins when Theresa Osborne is jogging on the beach in Cape Cod and finds a corked bottle half buried in the sand with a rolled up note inside of it. She takes the piece of paper out of the bottle and discovers that it's a love letter written to someone named Catherine. Divorced and raising a son on her on, the letter touches something in Theresa's heart that's totally unexpected. She returns home to Chicago and to her job at the Chicago Tribune, where she works as a researcher. Theresa decides to share the letter with her friends at work and an article is written about the letter. This results in a ton of responses from the female readers of the newspaper. Two more discovered letters are eventually added to the one Theresa has, and she begins a search to find out who the author of the letters is. This leads her on a journey to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Garrett Blake, a boat builder. Garrett lost his wife two years earlier to an illness and has never recovered. He still loves her and has kept their house the same since her death, refusing to allow her memory to fade. When Theresa Osborne enters his life, however, Garrett begins to believe that it might be possible to love again.

Message In a Bottle is a beautiful film with magnificent shots of the Outer Banks (though most of the movie was filmed on the coast of Maine) and powerful performances by Costner, Penn, Newman, and John Savage. Though the movie has a tragic ending, its message is still poignant in that it's possible to love again, even after you've lost someone close to you. Oh, boy, is the ending of the movie a real tearjerker. This is another 10-rating on the "Boohoo Scale." The music to the film by Gabriel Yared is lovely and heart moving, and you may want to buy the soundtrack after listening to it. Nicholas Sparks' Message In a Bottle is a great romantic novel and a wonderful movie about love that will have the eyes of most viewers brimming over with tears. This is the kind of cry that's good for the soul.

DVD as a Christmas gift.......2007-01-18

The DVD/Movie arrived quickly, packed well and the wrapper was unbroken. My wife has not watched it yet, but she really wanted this film.

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Nothing Wrong With `Old-Fashioned'
a great historic film
Far and Away
MY FAVORITE MOVIE <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing

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Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Thomas Gibson , Robert Prosky , and Barbara Babcock
Director: Ron Howard
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ASIN: 0783226810
Release Date: 1998-07-01

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Filmed in the widescreen splendor of "Panavision Super 70" and blessed with the finest production values that Hollywood clout can buy, this tale of spunky Irish immigrants forgot one crucial ingredient: a decent screenplay. The film is entertaining enough, and director Ron Howard brings his technical proficiency to the simple plot, culminating in a dynamic, breathtaking depiction of the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. But the movie is really just a vacuous vehicle for married stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as (respectively) the poor tenant farmer and rich landlord's daughter who flee Ireland to be American pioneers. The scenery and the stars are never less than stunning, but Howard falls short of the mark in his attempt to match the epic sweep of films by David Lean. On the other hand, this movie is certainly never boring even if it rarely makes sense, and Lean's own Irish epic, Ryan's Daughter, is a snoozer by comparison. --Jeff Shannon

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Nothing Wrong With `Old-Fashioned'.......2007-09-13

This is a fairly long movie but one that keeps your interest - at least it did mine - all the way with an epic-type adventure tale of Irish immigrants back in the 1880s in the U.S.

This movie is broken down into three distinct parts: 1 - Ireland (40 minutes, featuring some stunning scenery and good Irish music); 2 - Boston (one hour, featuring many brutal scenes of tough Irish immigrants and bare-knuckle fights); 3 - Oklahoma (the days on mining and the famous "land rush.")

The story is very intense and involving. I read one well-known critic, who called it "old-fashioned" and meant it as an insult. Well, I think the opposite. It's epic storytelling and that's a good thing. It features solid acting by Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and all the others, and Kidman isn't the only attractive thing in there. The photography is magnificent. I only wish the sound was better as there is almost nothing from the rear speakers.

Overall, a memorable movie and one that you truly will care about the characters and the final outcome.

a great historic film.......2007-04-11

I have fallen in love with this movie based on the 1893 Oklahoma Land Run. My relatives on both sides of my family were immigrants from Scotland and Germany. Both of these participated in the 1893 Oklahoma Land Run. This Land run was pivotal to the developement of what is now the state of Oklahoma. The cinematography is wonderful. The actual " Land Run" scene makes you feel the excitement that those who staked their claim on the land must have felt. A great film by Ron Howard.

Far and Away.......2006-11-11

Very disappointed because I can't watch it on my DVD player. I would have asked for a refund and returned it but don't know how to go about doing that on Amazon.

MY FAVORITE MOVIE <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-11-04

This is my favorite movie. It is just SO good. I absolutely adore the John Williams score. I just...can't describe...how much...I...LOVE IT!!! Just trust me, its REALLY good!

Amazing.......2006-09-07

This is one of my favorite movies ever. It really captures life in the 1800's slums and you really get attached to the characters. There are parts that you can barely watch because you feel for the characters. This is a great story about people who hit rock bottom and become much stronger people by becoming tougher and working their way up again to achieve their dreams. I've seen this movie about 3 times and each time I see it, it is just as good.

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Manhattan is No Annie Hall
"I thought I took it rather well under the circumstances. I tried to run them both over with a car..."
THE KING OF MANHATTAN
Manhattan
Rhapsody in Grey

Manhattan
Starring: Karen Allen , Tisa Farrow , Helen Hanft , Mariel Hemingway , and Anne Byrne Hoffman
Director: Woody Allen
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ASIN: 0792846109
Release Date: 2000-07-05

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Manhattan, Woody Allen's follow-up to Oscar-winning Annie Hall, is a film of many distinctions: its glorious all-Gershwin score, its breathtakingly elegant black-and-white, widescreen cinematography by Gordon Willis (best-known for shooting the Godfather movies); its deeply shaded performances; its witty screenplay that marked a new level in Allen's artistic maturity; and its catalog of Things that Make Life Worth Living. But Manhattan is also distinguished in the realm of home video as the first motion picture to be released only in a widescreen version. You wouldn't want to see it any other way. Allen's "Rhapsody in Gray" concerns, as his own character puts it, "people in Manhattan who are constantly creating these real, unnecessary, neurotic problems for themselves, because it keeps them from dealing with more unsolvable, terrifying problems about the universe." It's a romantic comedy about infidelity and betrayal, the rules of love and friendship, young girls (a radiant and sweet Mariel Hemingway) and older men (Allen), innocence, and sophistication. (a favorite phrase is used to describe a piece of sculpture at the Guggenheim: "It has a marvelous kind of negative capability.") The movie's themes can be summed up in two key lines: "I can't believe you met somebody you like better than me," and "It's very important to have some kind of personal integrity." OK, so they may not sound like such sparkling snatches of brilliant dialogue, but Manhattan puts those ideas across with such emotion that you feel an ache in your heart. --Jim Emerson

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Nominated for two Academy AwardsÂ(r)* in 1979 and considered "one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments" (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format) and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence" (Time). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn't love and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshakeandthe gateway to true love is a revolving door. *Supporting Actress (Hemingway); Original Screenplay

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Manhattan is No Annie Hall.......2007-08-03

I'm a fan of Woody Allen's early work, but I've always felt that Manhattan is overrated. Witnessing the epiphany of Allen's character at the end of this film doesn't quite make up for enduring the previous 90 minutes of his neurotic, narcissistic behavior.

The cinematography and the acting are first-rate--and there are even moments of brilliance in the script--but it all seems wasted on the portrayal of such unsympathetic characters. The lone exception is Mariel Hemingway's character; but, since we never get to see her outside of the context of her relationship with Allen's character, she remains two-dimensional.

Overall, Manhattan is still worth watching, but it's nowhere near the top of my list. My recommendation: buy Annie Hall instead and watch it twice.

"I thought I took it rather well under the circumstances. I tried to run them both over with a car...".......2007-07-27

Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is truly one of those rare masterpieces where you don't feel like you're watching a movie with actors. No, it feels like you're watching life and that these actors are the real people they portray. You forget that this is only a DVD that's playing on your TV, and that's because you get so wrapped up into it all. The people are real and flawed, and yet we can't help but sympathize for them all. After it was done, I seriously had to ask myself, "Was that a movie I just watched, or did that really happen?" My only regret is that it took me so long to finally see it, but I guess late is better than never--not to mention that I might not have appreciated it like I do now if I had seen it earlier.

The movie is not about plot. It doesn't feel like it's all getting to this fixed ending that it has been leading to since the first minute. "Manhattan" is focused on these complex and usually unsatisfying relationships. These people think they're happy one minute, but then you can tell that there's something they find not right about it all. Issac is a 42 year old who's in a relationship with a girl who is 17 going on 18, but she's more in love with him than he is. His best friend is having an affair with Jill, and being frustrated with the fact that she's into a married man, she starts hanging out with Isaac and the two start to fall for each other--and this ends up complicating things even further. Let's not forget the fact that Isaac's ex is writing and publishing a very unfavorable book that details some of the dissatisfactions with their relationship. In the end, everybody just wants to be happy and find that someone that will make them complete, but as "Manhattan" tells it like it is, that is rarely ever an easy task.

It sounds like there's so much going on in this film, and yet everything unfolds with such ease. You never feel overwhelmed, just saddened by the fact that the film is very honest. Again, all of these people are flawed and have issued, but you can also find something redeeming about all of them. The cinematography is breathtaking giving you beautiful images of Manhattan, and having it all shot in black & white enhances the movie even more. I really admire how there are a lot of times where there are scenes that go on without a lot of edits, which brings you into the moment and makes you feel like this is all happening.

I know that this review is not doing the movie justice, but it's really hard to sum up the experience in a few paragraphs. The best advice I can give you is to see it. Even if you end up not liking it, see it at least once so you can at least say that you have seen it. The movie is a complete gem when it comes to the writing and the cinematography. I'm glad that I decided to give this wonderful movie a chance, and it is something I could watch again and again. "Manhattan" is a film that I will never forget, and the very last line is something that will stay with me for days. -Michael Crane

THE KING OF MANHATTAN.......2007-07-06

In his own off hand, low key way Woody Allen, the quintessential New Yorker, has created a nice spoof/send up/valentine to his beloved city. If one were to name the person who represented the essence of middle/high brow New York in the 1970's and 80's the name Woody Allen would top most lists. The theme, as usual in an Allen film, is about the endlessly tangled interpersonal relationships among and between the upwardly mobile, or at least wannabe upward mobile, intellectual set in 1970's New York. An added twist, given later developments in Allen's personal life, is his tangled romance with a teenaged Waspish type (played by Hemingway), a type that he is seemingly fatally attracted to. Some of the wit may seem dated as it relates to 1970's New York; some of Allen's physical mannerisms seem very familiar and for those who have seen his later work the theme has been done better but here is Allen in his city. This is one of the reasons why New York, and no other, is the cultural capital of America. Beat him if you can.

Manhattan.......2007-07-04

A follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Annie Hall," Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is the writer-director's most overt, visually poetic paean to the city of his birth. While weaving in recurring themes of frustrated love and alienation, what occupies center stage is New York itself, its various images and signposts made indelible by a Gershwin score and Gordon Willis's breathtaking black-and-white cinematography. See this sublime tribute to romance, urban life, and the only place Woody Allen has ever felt at home.

Rhapsody in Grey.......2007-06-23

Manhattan is the quintessential Woody Allen movie. Annie Hall is funnier, but Manhattan is surely the one Allen movie which captures so beautifully the great auteur's concerns: the love/hate relationship with New York, the frustrations and phoniness of urban intellectualism, the all knowingness of modern city types who cannot enjoy pleasure since they are too world wise, the appeal of the innocent beautiful face, roiling and fizzing jazz music, the egotism and narcissism of men and women in contemporary society (this movie was from the 70s, but these themes are well made for Western urban social scenes today).

Manhattan is a movie for modern romance - where passions are washed over as soon as they are arrived at by the next wave of introspection; impulsive decision making; a new face at dinner, or the theatre. Isaac (Allen) is a classic protagonist for Woody Allen's movies - a sexually impulsive man with a razor sharp wit and a sarcastic, nihilistic answer to everything, an egoist who wants to do the right thing but is drowning in a sea of his neurosis. Allen's characters are like the filmic, comic incarnations of the great characters of of masterful novelist Saul Bellow - big hearted people awash in the modern condition, with their minds always on the big picture, the universal scape: hence the famous scene where Isaac meets Mary in the planetarium - the stars look down on their mortal, transient concerns (echoes of the final chapter of the Bellow novel 'The Dean's December'); then again in the school when Isaac confronts his friend Max for taking back Mary, the mistress he had let go - Isaac stands by a skeleton saying 'one day we'll be like this, I hope that when I thin out I'll be looked well on'. (This scene also contains the memorable Allen line - 'you think you're God' - 'well I have to model myself on someone'.)

What is life for? Manhattan poses this question beautifully. Some sort of answer occurs as Isaac makes a list towards the end of the movie whilst lying, psychoanalytical style, on the couch: Groucho Marx, the second movement of the Jupiter Symphony, Louis Armstrong's recording of 'Potato Blues', Swedish movies, L'Education Sentimentale by Flaubert, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Cezanne's apples, the crab at Sun Wo's (now no longer in existence). A valid Allen list, but slightly disengenuous - for Woody Allen, cultural epiphanies are a diversion. His real life purpose, which he has executed brilliantly over the years, is to fulfil that great mantra of Charlie Chaplin: life may be a tragedy in close up, but in the long shot it's a comedy.

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Terrific Sweet Comedy
Matchmaking never goes out of fashion!
Career girl meets Danny Boy
Near perfect...
The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker
Starring: Janeane Garofalo , David O'Hara , Milo O'Shea , Jay O. Sanders , and Rosaleen Linehan
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ASIN: B0000714BW
Release Date: 2003-01-07

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As she does in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Janeane Garofalo proves she's a capable leading lady--beautiful, charming, self-effacing, and what used to be referred to as sharp as a tack. Garofalo plays Marcy, aide to dim Massachusetts senator McGlory (Jay O. Sanders). Denis Leary is appropriately slimy as a fellow aide. The senator and Nick dispatch Marcy to the remote (and fictitious) Irish town of Ballinagra, where she's supposed to unearth relatives to use in the senator's PR campaign. Along the way, Marcy not only encounters the eccentric locals, but finds herself in the maelstrom of the town's annual matchmaking festival. The single Marcy inadvertently catches the eye of the movie's eponymous matchmaker Dermot (a captivating Milo O'Shea). Dermot senses sparks between Marcy and the equally cynical, recently returned local boy, Sean (David O'Hara), once a successful journalist who's returned home to work on a book. The intimacies of the small town, the relationships between the locals, and the dialogue are credible and engaging. Look for beautiful cinematography and music, too. Also notable is the movie's ability to convey the feel of a foreign film while injecting humor that's both sarcastically American and yet Irish in trademark.

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Terrific Sweet Comedy.......2007-08-07

Continuing the romantic vein that Janeane Garofalo had in The Truth About Cats & Dogs is The Matchmaker. Garofalo plays Marcy, a put upon campaign assistant, that is given the near impossible task of finding the Irish roots of a clueless politician. Amongst the obstacles in Marcy's way are a matchmaker festival, eccentric characters, a wily matchmaker and a cynical journalist who might just be her match. Janeane Garofalo has never been better at playing a character that is both tough and vulnerable. Milo O'Shea is wonderful and David O'Hara is terrific as the romantic foil. The cinematography is great and the dialogue is witty. This is a movie that is great for someone looking for a romantic comedy on a rainy day.

Matchmaking never goes out of fashion!.......2007-07-08

The plot of "The Matchmaker" has been told in depth by many reviewers as well as the talent shown by all the actors. I would like to add a little comment on the characteristics that I liked most and that will make me remember this work.
There are many reasons to see this movie, even now that it is ten years old.
The first is that it stands the test of time: it is still as fresh and entertaining as when it came out and it deals with timeless problems that have somehow become cliches: raskally political men, the importance the Americans give to finding their roots, overwork, the difficulty of a womans role, loneliness and love.
The second is that all the actors are well casted, very good and true to life, they don't seem to come out of a refinished, glossy out of the world reality.
The third is that its humoristic with fine ironic dialogue that makes a laugh or two.
But the fourth reason is the most important of all and it is the lively, precise and poetic description of the beauty and tradition of Ireland's West Coast from Connemara to Aran Island to Lisdoonvarna's long standing matchmaking tradition.
If at this point the reader is not bored I would like to make the point on how a good script makes a good movie.
Lisdoonvarna's Matchmaking Festival held every year in September-October dates back to the 18th Century, when after the summer harvesting rich Irish countrymen went to Lisdoonvarna for the famous spa with warm waters. Here they arranged marriages for their sons and daughters with the help of the traditional figure of the Matchmaker (man or woman) of which I believe a few still survive today. Lisdoonvarna is in County Clare to the south of the West Irish Coast, while the movie was shot in the more picturesque Roundstone Connemara north of Galway and on Aran Island, but the atmosphere of this beautiful corner of the world is all there.
Ireland also has a tradition of singing contests that is well depicted in the movie. The soundtrack is really important in defining the atmospheres and all the songs are chosen with real feeling as can be seen by all the reviews that ask for the soundtrack.
It is incredible and a little pedantic to say but from this movie we not only get entertainment but also a little bit of culture.

Career girl meets Danny Boy.......2007-07-08

I've always liked this movie, and I think the 2 leads (Janeane Garofalo and the "yummy" David O'Hara) are charming and very funny (and dare I say realistic and believable?). The supporting characters -- the shady American politicians (Jay O'Sanders and Denis Leary) as well as all the quirky locals in the little Irish coastal town -- are also hilarious. The plot is a bit madcap in places, but good clean fun.

Near perfect..........2007-05-13

Janeane Garofalo is an underused talent but she did have the opportunity to shine a few times on the big screen. This is one of those examples which, proves that good acting and a great screen presence is not reserved for stars with huge names and multi-million dollar signing contracts (though, it's a shame that Ms. Garofalo isn't pulling down super-star paychecks). This story is set in an Ireland that may be quaint but also shows it's cracks; they just aren't afraid of them. Instead it's the rough and tumble flaws of this country's people and locales that makes it so endearing as the primary setting. Janeane is a misplaced campaign employee trying to track down the roots of her boss, the candidate, who believes he has roots in a particular town on the coast of Ireland. To make matters worse than her difficulty getting to this place she lands in the midst of a matchmaker's festival. She has no interest in getting hooked up and only wants to get her job done so she can return to civilization. What she finds are scammers, overbooked hotels and a matchmaker desperate to hook her up with a rough-around-the-edges local son recently returned home. Dennis Leary plays a conniving campaign manager who is more focused on victory than on relative facts and also treats folks like Janeane's character like an under-achieving serf. Without giving too much away Janeane is a delight and a genuine talent. I doubt that this film did very well and that's a shame. It has some predictable romantic chops but it also has some wonderful dialogue and biting wit as well as observations on the shamelessness of politics. Janeane's a jewel and she doesn't seem to know it. All the better for us.

The Matchmaker.......2007-01-22

A real feel-good movie...loved it the first time I saw it - and still do.

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Eddie what happened to your career?
Boomerang DVD
"WoW an Eddie & Martin collabo"
Eddie Murphy at his best!
Boomerang

Boomerang
Starring: Halle Berry , Tisha Campbell , Irv Dotten , Bebe Drake , and Robin Givens
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ASIN: B00005JL72
Release Date: 2002-09-24

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Eddie Murphy makes a graceless debut as a romantic lead in this comedy from Reginald Hudlin. Murphy stars as a ladies man for whom the tables turn when he suddenly finds himself taken for granted by a lover (Robin Givens). Meanwhile, the platonic friend (Halle Berry) whom Murphy regularly visits is obviously--to the viewer, anyway--the woman he's supposed to be with. The absurdly long film is filled out with some fairly crude humor, such as the sight of Geoffrey Holder taking a whiff of Grace Jones's underwear. Yet Hudlin and Murphy also strain for a veneer of elegance and sophistication. Wanting to play it both ways, they end up with nothing. But there are several good sequences where Murphy is quite funny just being Murphy, such as his explanation to Berry of how you can tell which characters in an old episode of Star Trek are destined to die. --Tom Keogh

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Eddie what happened to your career?.......2007-07-11

Martin Lawrence, pass the broccoli spears. Are you kidding with this crap? This movie and others like it, catering to the lowest form of sterotypes, just fuels the ignorance fire. How does Martin Lawrence keep getting movie roles, he is such a one note actor. And it seems like Eddie Murphy's career is in reverse, these are the type of movies that actors do early in their career's, forgetable stinkers. There must be better material out there somewhere, please find it.

Boomerang DVD.......2007-06-15

Great Movie! I am glad to have this as part of my collection.

"WoW an Eddie & Martin collabo".......2007-03-31

"Boomerang" is a very funny movie. This movie shows that in between the one stands and trying to be a ladies man, you still find time for a little humor. Also the movie was filled with alot of strong actors & actresses.

Eddie Murphy at his best!.......2007-02-10

What can I say, Eddie Murphy is a genius. The first time I saw this movie, I fell in love with every character, especially Chris Rock's character. I really loved Halle Berry's character, Angela Lewis. What I really love about this film is the fact that you learn karma does exist, what comes around goes around. I recommend this film to all. Men should treat women with respect and dignity, not like sexual conquests, so that they can tell their friends about their late night escapades!!!!!! I also learned that you can find love where you least expect it, and that people do change.

Boomerang.......2007-01-10

I Loved the product. It took longer than I expected but never the less, I'm satisfied.

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Love is Lovely and Complicated
Good not great.
A period piece delight
The Way We Live Now is a feast for those loving a good story beautifully acted and filmed in BBC Color!
A Treasure

The Way We Live Now
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen , Paloma Baeza , Cheryl Campbell , Shirley Henderson , and Douglas Hodge
Director: David Yates (II)
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ASIN: B00005YUNK
Release Date: 2002-04-30

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First screened on BBC in 2001, The Way We Live Now will surprise those who know Anthony Trollope through the subtleties of his Barsetshire novels. This story of ambition centers around Augustus Melmotte, an Austrian Jewish financier who takes the London money markets and social scene by storm in his efforts to become an "English country gentleman." His rise and fall is followed with remorseless logic by Trollope, and David Yates's direction keeps this in focus against a wealth of subplots and character interaction.

The cast is a strong one, with David Suchet's Melmotte gripping in his recklessness, climaxing in the theatrical magnificence of his departure in disgrace from the House of Commons. Shirley Henderson is magnetic as his put-upon daughter Marie, courted by the cream-of-society bachelors for her dowry rather than her person. Cheryl Campbell gives a good account of the feckless Lady Carbury, writing vacuous novels to support her family, with Matthew MacFadyen relishing the part of her rakish son, Felix. Paloma Baeza is sympathetic as her daughter, Hetta, whose on-off relationship with entrepreneur Paul Montague, ably taken by Cillian Murphy, provides the main love interest. Douglas Hodge impresses as the loyal and sincere but insipid Roger Carbury.

The series consists of four generous episodes, each lasting 75 minutes. This is an absorbing production of what isn't the most subtle of Victorian novels, but which surely remains among the most relevant. --Richard Whitehouse

Video Description

The Way We Live Now captures the turmoil as the old order is swept aside by the brash new forces of business and finance. Based on the novel by Anthony Trollope, this satire of Victorian society contains all the dynamic elements that made him one of the most celebrated and popular novelists of his day--the trials and tribulations of young love, the pettiness of the upper class life, the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface.

Episode 1: When infamous financier Augustus Melmotte (David Suchet) mysteriously appears in London, the city's impoverished aristocrats greedily court his favor. Felix Carbury, a charming but lazy young baronet, is one of the many gentlemen swarming around Melmotte's rich heiress daughter, Marie. Meanwhile, Felix's independently minded sister, Hetta, falls in love with a bright young engineer, Paul Montague, who is in town to approach Melmotte with an ambitious business propostion. Complications soon arise in business and love.

Episode 2: While Paul Montague throws himself into the booming railway business with Melmotte, the presence of his mysterious American friend in London threatens to jeopardize his chances with Hetta. Felix is forced to desperate measures to secure his future with Marie when he learns that her father is planning her marriage to a rival suitor.

Episode 3: Paul visits Mexico to have his worst fears about the railway construction confirmed. Returning to London he decides to confront Melmotte and resolve his romantic situation. Melmotte involves himself in increasingly ambitious business schemes while Felix gets himself into further trouble and Hetta recieves some devastating news.

Episode 4: Melmotte reaches the highest echelons of London society but the wolves are beginning to gather at his door. Paul takes his chance to act and Felix comes face to face with some tough opposition, while Hetta contemplates settling for second best. Climaxing in love lost, love gained, a death and some just desserts.

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Love is Lovely and Complicated.......2007-08-24

The first rate sets, costumes and acting provide a lovely context for this complex web of love stories. Here are several love triangles that intersect and overlap.

The plot lines took twists and turns like many great novels.

From these hours a fascinating drama the various facets of human love were explored and exposed. Is it any wonder that romance can never fit nicely in any box?

Power, sex and romance are as powerful today as they have been anytime in history. And that makes the title of this movie all the more important.

Good not great........2007-03-17

I love British period films. And am a huge fan of Matthew Macfadyen. But this film did not satisfy the hype. Every bit of detail was paid -- unfortunately making the entire film drag and leaving me wanting something... Although the story is strong, the cinematography beautiful and much of the dialogue clever, some weaknesses were hard to overcome. For example: Paul Montague's ex-fiance from America... Her southern accent is ridiculous and making her an utterly unbelievable character. Augustus Melmotte, although he reminded me of the Danny Devito's Penguine from Batman, was effectively dark and menacing. But because he is in much of the scenes, his character became strangely redundant, predictable. However, the rest of the cast was excellent. Matthew Macfadyen, as Sir Felix, was hilarious and charming as a cad. As good as this movie was, it could have been so much better had the director been more liberal with the editing... as is, it is extremely long and somewhat repetitive. But fans of period films will be forgiving and enjoy it nonetheless.

A period piece delight.......2007-01-01

Set in England in the late 1800's, this delightful series intertwines the lives of the Carbury family and the Melmonts. Mrs. Carbury is on the brink of ruin because her deceased husband did not leave her enough to thrive and her only hope is for her scoundrel of a son to marry a wealthy woman or alternatively for her beautiful daughter to marry her cousin. The Melmont's have just arrived in London from Vienna and purportedly have wealth. The Melmont daughter is attracted to the worthless Carbury son and the story begins to spin its web. The acting in this series is exceptional and the screenplay is tightly woven so that each episode ends on a cliff hanger. It is an enjoyable dvd for light hearted entertainment.

The Way We Live Now is a feast for those loving a good story beautifully acted and filmed in BBC Color!.......2006-09-11

How We Live Now is the 1870s novel written by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882, While Trollope is best known for his Barchester series dealing with the clergy and the Palliser series focusing on Victorian political life this novel of business and family life is considered one of his best novels (and he wrote 47!)
Mr. Melmotte is a European schemer who fleeces several prominent men to invest in a bogus railroad company. David Suchet stars in this role (best known for his Hercule Poirot
portrayal), The stout and middle aged Suchet plays Melmotte with genius and his presence is strong and memorable.
Shirley Henderson playing his abused and lovelorn daugher Marie is very well acted. Her love affair with the cad Felix
Carbury is drawn with superb depth in fine acting.
The love affair between Hettie Carbury and the engineer Paul
Montague (who has an American girfriend Winifred Hurtle who shows up to fight for her man) is very interesting as the triangle love affair is worked out during the course of the 6 hour Masterpiece miniseries.
The BBC production is sumptuous! Beautiful period costumes
and music add to the sheer enjoyment of this series!
Americans are sometimes bored because British programming
moves at a sloweer pace than many of our tv programs. They forget that these novels fulfilled the function of a soap opera as their stories were issued in monthly parts. Trollope is not as well known as George Eliot or the inimitable Dickens but any
of his novels portrayed on the screen is well worth the time to
view it.
Congratulations to the BBC and the outstanding cast of this
fine film!

A Treasure.......2006-07-13

Matthew Macfadyen and David Suchet are great in this series! They are over-the-top in a wonderful, engrossing way. Definitely NOT a boring, period piece.

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Great Romantic Comedy!
One of my all time favorite baseball movies ...
Really Charming Romantic/Sports Comedy
Cute and Fun
Even Yankees Fans Enjoy This Movie

Fever Pitch (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Drew Barrymore , Jimmy Fallon , Jason Spevack , Jack Kehler , and Scott Severance
Director: Peter Farrelly , and Bobby Farrelly
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ASIN: B000A0GXRO
Release Date: 2005-09-13

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The Farrelly brothers continue their good-natured winning streak with Fever Pitch, a romantic comedy charmed by fate and last-minute improvisation. The movie was originally written with a bittersweet ending, but something unexpected happened (kismet, or perhaps divine intervention?) when the Boston Red Sox scored miraculous victories in the 2004 playoffs and World Series, and Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon were there, in character, to celebrate love and baseball as a pair of amiable lovers who learn to share their lives while accommodating Fallon's life-long passion for the Red Sox. You really have to love baseball to forgive the formulaic romance by veteran Hollywood screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (who also wrote A League of Their Own, and could write this stuff in their sleep), but the codirecting Farrellys make it work, along with the easygoing chemistry of Barrymore and Fallon. The movie bears little resemblance to Nick Hornby's source novel (which was more faithfully adapted as a 1997 British comedy starring Colin Firth), but anyone who enjoyed High Fidelity or About a Boy will recognize Hornby's keen understanding of men and women, and the hazards we all endure when playing the game of love. --Jeff Shannon

Description

According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon), finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend (Drew Barrymore), suddenly anything is possible. Now the two passions in his life have a chance to go all the way... if he doesn't strike out first.

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Great Romantic Comedy!.......2007-09-04

I'm not one of those movie-goers who sees the words "The Farrelly brothers" and has to rush out and see the movie. I couldn't tell you anything else that they've done other than this movie. What I do know is that THIS movie was very well done from script to screen! The writing is taut and believable. The dialog is humorous when it needs to be, serious when it has to be. It's just REAL. The entire movie has a sense of realism to it that most in this genre seem to lack.

I could spend a whole review just talking about the on-screen chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. Of course, I am starting to believe Drew Barrymore could have on-screen chemistry with a mop and bucket. She's simply one of the greatest actresses of our time. She can do drama, Thrillers, and comedy. She can do Action and Romance. She can simply do anything and make it believable. But she goes beyond believable in this movie. As with so many of her recent films, she goes right to ENJOYABLE! and even that is an understatement.

My fiancee' was not a big baseball fan when we first watched this movie. After watching it, baseball has become something over which she and I bond. It truly is a family night now and I have Fever Pitch to thank for it. Now if they'd only make a football movie with the same effect!

One of my all time favorite baseball movies ..........2007-08-23

You already know the plot - up and coming Yuppie businesswoman Lindsay (Drew) falls for schoolteacher Red Sox fan Ben (Fallon). But like a lot of Farrelly Brothers films, there is more depth, character complexity and charm than first meets the eye. The relationship between Ben and Lindsay seems REAL - replete with all the challenges and adjustments and compromises necessary to make a relationship work. The baseball scenes are pure magic. A film of utter charm guaranteed to make you smile and warm your heart.

Really Charming Romantic/Sports Comedy.......2007-08-17

Not being a baseball fan (I am a HUGE hockey fan) I caught this one on HBO, and I ordered the DVD as soon as the credits rolled. It is a charming romantic comedy.

Cute and Fun.......2007-08-17

Since I live in Boston, Red Sox had been everyone's topic during each summer. It was actually quite amusing to see a red sox fan being depicted in a major motion picture. I think the story is very cute and well thought. I really enjoyed watching this movie.

Even Yankees Fans Enjoy This Movie.......2007-08-14

I saw this movie in theaters a few years ago when it first came out. I was with my best friends, one of which a fellow female Red Sox fan who I knew would love it because, after all, it is a romantic comedy involving the Red Sox. My other friend is male and a die-hard Yankees fan. We eventually started dating and he's come to tell me he loves this movie and wants to buy it. The movie centers around a very perfect couple, Barrymore and Fallon, who have their relationship tested when the baseball season begins and Fallon finds himself torn between two loves. If you like the Red Sox and romance movies, you will love this movie. Even if you don't love the Red Sox, I'd recommend giving this film a shot!

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Just how I remembered it
WIDESCREEN ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER
Another cheesy Cult movie, but awesome...
"Face it honey, you can't be a tomboy all your life."
Tomboy

Tomboy
Starring: Betsy Russell , Gerard Christopher , Kristi Somers , Richard Erdman , and Philip Sterling
Director: Herb Freed
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
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ASIN: B000GETUAQ
Release Date: 2006-08-22

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Just how I remembered it.......2007-08-27

The movie is just how I remembered it way back, but the quality of the movie is a lot better. It is worth watching more then once.

WIDESCREEN ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER.......2007-04-12

With this BCI Eclipse widescreen DVD release, you don't get to see Kristi Somers fully nude in the shower room as she appears in the full-frame (VHS) version: in the 1.85:1 format her lower half is cropped from the bottom of the screen, so she appears only topless (from the waist up). For this reason, the DVD should have been presented in full frame.

Another cheesy Cult movie, but awesome..........2007-02-13

This is another cheese cult movie from when I was growing up. The picture quality is DVD sharp. If you loved this movie when you were growing up, get it! It's just as cheesy as you remember it, if not more.

"Face it honey, you can't be a tomboy all your life.".......2006-12-13

While the average movie watcher may not recognize the name Betsy Russell (Private School, Cheerleader Camp), those of us males who grew up in the 1980s, weaned on hours of dedicated cable viewing, know her as something akin to a goddess in the world of dumb, teen comedies for basically two reasons...she was one fine babe, and she didn't seem to mind showing some skinage, as evident in the film Tomboy (1985), among others. Originally released by Crown International Pictures, the film was directed by Herb Freed (Graduation Day, Survival Game) and stars, as I mentioned, Ms. Russell. Also appearing is Gerard Christopher ("Superboy"), Kristi Somers (Hardbodies), Richard Erdman (The Blue Gardenia), and the late Eric Douglas (The Flamingo Kid), youngest son of actor Kirk Douglas.

Russell plays Tomasina `Tommy' Boyd, a tomboy through and through who spends her days working on cars, shooting hoops with the boys, and riding her motorcycle. After a fairly schmaltzy and pointless opening sequence showing Tommy as a girl, playing baseball with the boys, scoring a run, and ultimately hugging her father (who was apparently an astronaut in the air force), all done in slow motion montage form, we're now in the present as Tommy rises from bed and proceeds to shower...some skin but no goodies...yet...man, you wouldn't think you could be jealous of a sponge...anyway, Tommy works as a mechanic at Chester's Garage, a dumpy filling station where she's often visited by her girly girl friend Seville (Somers), an aspiring Broadway dancer who seems to have little problem sleazing her way up the ladder of success, as evident later on in the film. After witnessing a dance audition by Seville and her troupe, one performed for some potential financial backers (surprisingly enough they declined on investing in Seville and her rotten routine), we're back in the garage as big time stock car driver/professional pretty boy Randy Starr (Christopher), who Tommy's got a serious crush on...seems Randy has been hired by a local rich and infinitely sleazy dink named Ernie Leeds, Jr. to race for him, and Randy offers Tommy an invitation to come to Leeds' house to check out his boss stock car. After this we see Seville auditioning for a donut commercial, whoring it up good, followed by Tommy and Seville heading to Leeds' house where Tommy and Randy race around on motocross bikes (at one point Tommy crashes in a swampy morass, resulting in her revealing her Tommy `guns, if only to get out of her wet clothes...hootchie mama!). Following this there's a party sequence at Leeds' house (with parachute pants as far as the eye can see), Tommy and Randy hook up, as evident with an overly long montage sequence featuring the pair engaging in all sorts of outdoor activities, but eventually they have a falling out as Tommy shows Randy up on the race track while an important sponsor is in attendance, the result being the pair deciding to race each other to settle once and for all who the best driver is...

While the Tomboy is pure 1980s teenage hokum through and through, it fairs better than its counterparts based solely on the presence of Betsy Russell and her generous `assets', along with her willingness to put them on display. The movie itself actually played like one, long series of Mentos commercials. One example of this is early on as Tommy is riding her motorcycle to work and she stops off to engage in a game of basketball with some local chumps. Through a bit of creative editing Russell makes all of her shots, but then here's the kicker...as she's leaving, she climbs aboard her motorcycle and one of the dudes tosses her the ball. She catches it with one hand, puts it up, and swoosh! It goes in...as she drives off the yahoos begin high fivin' each other, apparently overjoyed in the fact they've just been emasculated by losing to a girl in their own sport. I did learn a lot of things from this film, including the following...

1. I'd give my left gonasticle to be Betsy Russell's loofa.
2. Pretentious, forgettable pop songs from the 1980s, often featured in films like this, generally included meaningless lyrics like `You got the magic, I got the fire'.
3. Nothing gets women hotter than chasing them around town in your muscle car, throwing a constant barrage of catcalls in their direction.
4. When a sign warns of `severe tire damage', they ain't kidding.
5. Untalented bimbos could manage to find success given their willingness to whore it up.
6. Someone other than Jimmy `J.J.' Walker actually used the phrase `Dy-no-mite!' in the 1980s.
7. When doing a television commercial for donuts the performers actually get paid in donuts.
8. Goofy, slow motion montages are a great way to pad out a film.
9. When waiting for a woman to meet you for a date it's probably not a good idea to let her walk in on you while you're watching porn as she'll think you're some kind of skeevy perv.
10. Apparently, in the world of stock car racing, slapping a jet engine onto your vehicle isn't considered an illegal modification.

The performances were passable for a movie like this (although the idea of Betsy Russell as a tomboy seemed a bit farfetched), but the writing is pretty lousy (this one's about as predictable as they come). I seriously doubt anyone was sitting on the edge of their seat at the end of this one, wondering if plucky Tommy would beat arrogant Randy in the race, thus validating Tommy's belief a woman can do anything as well as a man. I do love these kinds of films, though, as they take on the superficial mask of female empowerment while passing along copious amounts of nekkid female flesh (Russell's character was the only female that came off remotely decent here). I did gag a little on some of the schmaltz-laden montages but overall, I'd say this was an entertaining, three star (out of five) feature, and an extra star thrown in for Ms. Russell.

The picture quality on this BCI DVD release, presented in widescreen (1.85:1), looks pretty decent, and the Dolby Digital stereo audio comes through well enough. There aren't any extras, except for a few trailers for some other BCI DVD releases in their Crown International Classics (I wouldn't necessarily refer to some many of them as `classics') series including Hunk (1987), The Beach Girls (1982), Jocks (1987), and My Chauffer (1986).

Cookieman108

Tomboy.......2006-11-10

80's romp about a female mechanic Tommy (the tomboy) and her love of cars and racing.

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Nothing in this film to like
Save your money
Honeymoon from hell
A very funny movie
Cute Movie!

Just Married
Starring: Ashton Kutcher , Brittany Murphy , Christian Kane , David Moscow , and Monet Mazur
Director: Shawn Levy
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ASIN: B00008WJD6
Release Date: 2003-06-17

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Pretty Brittany Murphy and prettier Ashton Kutcher make a surprisingly enjoyable comic team in Just Married, a romantic comedy about a horrible honeymoon. After a whirlwind romance, radio traffic announcer Kutcher and rich girl Murphy get married over the objections of her upper-crust family. Their love can overcome snobbery--but as the cuddly pair start to drive each other nuts over mishaps traveling through Europe, it starts to look like their love can't overcome intimacy. Just Married has a sprightly script that keeps one foot on the ground (unlike some recent romantic comedies that seem to have no connection to reality) and one eye on the small ways in which lovers can get on each other's nerves. Kutcher (Dude, Where's My Car?) and Murphy (Clueless, 8 Mile) have a sweet yet volatile chemistry that keeps the antics lively. --Bret Fetzer

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Ashton Kutcher (Dude, Where's My Car?, TV's That '70's Show) and Britney Murphy (8 Mile, Don't Say A Word) take the cake in this outrageous hit comedy that proves love and laughter are the perfect match. Sarah (Murphy) is a happy-go-lucky rich girl whose

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Nothing in this film to like.......2007-09-09

The supporting cast of the movie largely consists of one-dimensional stereotypes (WASPs have silly pet names! Chinese poeple talk funny