America's Sweethearts

Infobox Film | name = America's Sweethearts

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caption = "America's Sweethearts" theatrical poster
director = Joe Roth
producer = Donna Arkoff Roth
Susan Arnold
Charles Newirth
Peter Tolan
writer = Billy Crystal
Peter Tolan
starring = Julia Roberts
Billy Crystal
Catherine Zeta-Jones
John Cusack
Hank Azaria
Stanley Tucci
Christopher Walken
Seth Green
music = James Newton Howard
cinematography = Phedon Papamichael
editing =
distributor = Sony Pictures Entertainment
released = July 20, 2001
runtime = 102 min.
language = English
budget = $48,000,000 (estimated)
imdb_id = 0265029

"America's Sweethearts" (2001) is a romantic comedy film, directed by Joe Roth, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Film also stars Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Seth Green, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken. Film also features cameo appearance by Larry King as himself. It written by Crystal and Peter Tolan.

Plot

Lee Phillips (Crystal) is a movie publicist with a major problem. The latest movie his studio has made stars "America's Sweethearts", Gwen Harrison (Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (Cusack). However, the couple have recently split, with Gwen running off with a Spanish actor, Hector (Azaria). Not only that, but their latest film is being held hostage by the eccentric director, Hal Weidmann (Walken), who demands that the film first be shown at a press junket. Needing to keep up the illusion that Gwen and Eddie are still a couple, Lee needs to somehow work his magic to get them back together long enough until the press junket for the movie. However, complicating matters, is the fact that Eddie is starting to fall for Gwen's personal assistant, Kiki (Roberts) - who happens to also be Gwen's sister. Kiki had been overweight in the past but has recently lost a lot of weight and is becoming independent from and self confident. When the movie is finally shown at the press junket, the actors and others involved with film, and the press, discover that director Hal Weidmann has created a film unlike anything that anyone else who'd been involved in the movie's production intended or expected, including footage filmed when individuals thought they were talking privately with one another & they become more popular & successful than ever. And they live happily ever after.

Tagline

* "A comedy about celebrity, family and other forms of insanity."

Cast

Reception

Reviews for America's Sweethearts were mixed as the film holds a 31% at Rotten Tomatoes. Critic's consensus was "Despite its famous cast, the movie lacks sympathetic characters and is only funny in spurts." Roger Ebert gave it 2 out of 4 stars.

The film was a box office success and grossed over $138 million worldwide. [ [http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americassweethearts.htm America's Sweethearts at BoxOfficeMojo] ] .

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*imdb title|id=0265029|title=America's Sweethearts
*rotten-tomatoes|id=americas_sweethearts|title=America's Sweethearts
*metacritic film|id=americassweethearts|title=America's Sweethearts
*mojo title|id=americassweethearts|title=America's Sweethearts