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2001
PG-13
Columbia Pictures
1 h 42 m

2001
PG-13
Columbia Pictures
1 h 42 m

Summary For an awkward, self-conscious girl like Kiki (Roberts), being the personal assistant to a beautiful mega-star like Gwen (Zeta-Jones) isn't easy. But when she dutifully accepts the task of helping Gwen and her estranged mega-star husband Eddie (Cusack) make it through one last public appearance masterminded by legendary press agent Lee P...

Directed By: Joe Roth

Written By: Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan

2001
PG-13
Columbia Pictures
1 h 42 m

2001
PG-13
Columbia Pictures
1 h 42 m

America's Sweethearts

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews

44

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings

5.4

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Summary For an awkward, self-conscious girl like Kiki (Roberts), being the personal assistant to a beautiful mega-star like Gwen (Zeta-Jones) isn't easy. But when she dutifully accepts the task of helping Gwen and her estranged mega-star husband Eddie (Cusack) make it through one last public appearance masterminded by legendary press agent Lee P...

Directed By: Joe Roth

Written By: Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews

34% Positive
11 Reviews

38% Mixed
12 Reviews

28% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews

34% Positive
11 Reviews

38% Mixed
12 Reviews

28% Negative
9 Reviews

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Turns the kleig lights around to produce a wry and dead-on commentary on the film industry and the journalists who cover it.

By Michael Sragow

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Though an uneven, often confused, mixed bag -- the movie gradually comes together to be a fairly hilarious inside-Hollywood farce.

By William Arnold FULL REVIEW

For the farce it so desperately wants to be, the film often feels slack and too reliant on so-so punch lines for laughs.

By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

America's Sweethearts recycles "Singin' in the Rain" but lacks the sassy genius of that 1952 musical, which is still the best comedy ever made about Hollywood.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Begins as a smartly promising, gently farcical comedy of manners and ends as sourly and haphazardly as the lives it is poking fun at.

By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

Chockablock with things we're not supposed to notice: that Roberts is wasted; that she and Cusack have no characters to play, so it's virtually impossible to understand why she loves him or vice versa; that the script provides comedy without bite and romance without resonance.

By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

The film isn't just banal, it's aggressively, arrogantly banal.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings

29% Positive
7 Ratings

63% Mixed
15 Ratings

8% Negative
2 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings

29% Positive
7 Ratings

63% Mixed
15 Ratings

8% Negative
2 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Nov 22, 2018

Not that bad actually. Audience was provided with funny jokes and sweet happy ending. I have mixed feelings, but overall I liked it.

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Dec 29, 2013

Definitely on of the worst movies I've ever seen. The plot was all over the place, you didn't know who they were trying to focus on or what it was even about. This movie left me dumbfounded at how bad it was.

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Details

Production Company

Revolution Studios
Face Productions
Roth-Arnold Productions
Columbia Pictures
Shoelace Productions

Release Date Jul 20, 2001

Duration 1 h 42 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Tagline America's hottest couple has just broken up...it will take more than special effects to get them back together.

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Awards

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

• 2 Nominations

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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