America s sweethearts is just the kind of romantic froth that makes for pleasant viewing on a lazy, rainy day. But when their very public romance turns into a very private breakup, 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. Rent americas sweethearts 2001 starring julia roberts and billy crystal on dvd and bluray. There are some big laughs and funny moments in americas sweethearts, but the story, acting, script, and direction are uneven. Americas sweethearts queens of nashville 2014 imdb. Watch americas sweethearts streaming online hulu free. A publicist billy crystal tries to cover up a feud between movie stars. Notting hill 1999, just write 1997, full frontal 2002, breakin all the rules 2004, forget paris 1995. I really liked this movie, especially i am a big fan of romcom. Americas sweethearts opens with a compilation of snippets from the audiencefriendly oeuvre of eddie thomas and gwen harrison, hollywood stars whose careers slumped after their offscreen breakup. Americas sweethearts is just the kind of romantic froth that makes for pleasant viewing on a lazy, rainy day. While julia roberts, john cusack, and catherine zetajones offer highwattage marquee value, costar and cowriter billy crystal reworks singin in the rain for latterday hollywood, where estranged superstars gwen zetajones and eddie cusack reluctantly.
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After theyve broken up, a married movie star couple cusack, zetajones still have to go out and promote the movie they made together while they were in love, even though they now detest each other. Zetajones and americas reallife sweetheart, julia roberts, have been duly scrutinized in the celebrity press. Americas sweethearts 2001 for an awkward, selfconscious girl like kiki julia roberts, being the personal assistant to a beautiful megastar like gwen catherine zetajones isnt easy. Meant as a romanticcomedy alternative to creature features such as jurassic park iii and planet of the apes, americas sweethearts is a balloon, all right a lead one. I first saw this movie on tv and thought that it was different from most chick flicks because it wasnt just boy meets girl, makes a problem and then by the end of the movie they discover theyre in love, its good because it shows a couple already married and there being a triangle with the girls sister. An allstar cast in the breezy story of a movie studio publicist and his adventures in wrangling a dysfunctional.
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Lee s secret weapon in his campaign of misinformation is gwen s longabused sister kiki julia roberts, who works as the pampered star s personal assistant while secretly pining for eddie, who might just notice kiki now that she s lost 60 pounds. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of americas sweethearts with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. But she catherine zeta jones as gwen has fallen for someone else and he john cusack as eddie has had a nervous breakdown. A hollywood satire and romantic comedy that embodies the worst aspects of both genres, america s sweethearts finds crystal sinking to new lows of saccharine sentimentality and hamfisted comedy, as he produces, costars in, and cowrites with peter tolan a bigbudget, highconcept comedy only a publicist could love. It stars julia roberts, billy crystal, john cusack and catherine zetajones. While julia roberts, john cusack, and catherine zetajones offer highwattage marquee value, costar and cowriter billy crystal reworks singin in the rain for latterday hollywood, where estranged superstars gwen zetajones and eddie cusack reluctantly promote their latest movie. With julia roberts, john cusack, billy crystal, catherine zetajones. Rent america s sweethearts 2001 starring julia roberts and billy crystal on dvd and bluray. Get america s sweethearts dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats.
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