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AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS
AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS - The illustration of a showbusiness marriage on the rocks. Eddie Thomas(John Cusack) and Gwen Harrison(Catherine Zeta-Jones) are the most famous couple, on and off screen. But their marriage breaks into pieces, because Gwen thinks Eddie is too dull. The break-up sends Eddie straight to a nuthouse and Gwen wants to go on with her life, but the audience cannot get over what she did to Eddie. Now, the last Eddie & Gwen movie ever is about to be promoted and the studio needs it to be successful. Lee Philips(Billy Crystal), the studio publicist, was hired to make people believe that Eddie & Gwen were back together again...so that they will go see that movie. But there are a number of things that go wrong at the press junket, like Gwen's new boyfriend, Hector(Hank Azaria) showing up, and Kiki Harrison(Julia Roberts), Gwen's sister and "abused" assistant, falling in love with Eddie.
A very funny story, very funny and great actors, lots of laughs......a must see and must have movie.... :-)))))

A plesant night in.
Billy Crystal proves that he is at least as good a writer as he is an actor with Americc's sweethearts.

The casting is well done, although you can almost claim Zeta Jones is typecasting considering what happened with Michael Douglas only without the kids involved.

Crystal's character is the perfect cynical foil. You love to both love and hate this guy. Cusack is a lot of fun. Hank Azara as always is a hoot, I think he is the most underrated comic actor in the country. Alan Arkan shines in his small role as does Christopher Walken who is the funniest character in the whole movie, I would love to see the picture he made. It is a great plot twist. (Why does he always play nuts?)

Julia Roberts is ok but nothing to write home about. Am I the only one who thought Julia Roberts looks better with the phoney weight?

The writing makes this movie, the acting complements it.

Watch this movie, you will complement it too.

Formula Romance That Doesn't Work
America's Sweethearts tries to be a romantic comedy using a canned formula, but it doesn't succeed on any level. It's hardly funny and certainly not very romantic. The plot is a foray into Hollywood's self-loathing that is not light-hearted enough to work. The characters are not very likable, which is an essential part of any romance. The attempts at humor are rarely funny. Billy Crystal happens to be a talented actor (such as he was in Princess Bride) and he deserves a better medium than this.

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