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America's Sweethearts (2001)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/25

AmSweet
5/25: I didn't know America's Sweethearts existed until now.

The cast got my attention: Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Julia Roberts, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken, among others. While watching the film, I was like, "Really? Catherine Zeta-Jones and...John Cusack?" *laughing* No way...only on Mars. They got nothing on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, too.

I didn't predict from the beginning that Julia Roberts and John Cusack were meant to be together. Why would it happen? They had absolutely zero chemistry. The longer the show went on, the more bored I was until Christopher Walken appeared for the second time and announced, "The details are unimportant. Simply put, the script was shit. I tossed it," before showing his long-awaited film. That's when America's Sweethearts finally got better but only for ten minutes.

What a train wreck. How often does this happen that Julia Roberts plays an ugly duckling who ends up getting the man of her dreams after all? Even more unbelievable is she and Catherine Zeta-Jones being sisters. They are totally unlike as a tree and an electrical cord can be. Part of the blame should be directed at Billy Crystal for co-writing this piece of shit. There's no comedy but a lot of pointless talking.

All in all, there are three signs of a potentially bad film: either Julia Roberts, John Cusack, or Christopher Walken is in it, and America's Sweethearts happens to have all of them.