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Writer (WGA):
Susannah Grant (written by)
Release Date:
14 April 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Life of the Party... before she got a life.
Plot:
A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine. full summary | full synopsis
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(11 articles)
Scouts Save Bullock
(From WENN. 19 July 2000)
Gladiator Shows Its Muscles
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 May 2000)
(From WENN. 19 July 2000)
Gladiator Shows Its Muscles
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 May 2000)
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Tipsily overindulges its themes
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sandra Bullock | ... | Gwen Cummings |
 | Viggo Mortensen | ... | Eddie Boone |
 | Dominic West | ... | Jasper |
 | Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Lily Cummings |
 | Azura Skye | ... | Andrea |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Cornell Shaw |
 | Alan Tudyk | ... | Gerhardt |
 | Mike O'Malley | ... | Oliver (as Michael O'Malley) |
 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Roshanda |
| Reni Santoni | ... | Daniel |
 | Diane Ladd | ... | Bobbie Jean |
| Margo Martindale | ... | Betty |
 | Susan Krebs | ... | Evelyn |
| Loudon Wainwright III | ... | Guitar Guy |
| Katie Scharf | ... | Young Gwen |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving substance abuse, language and some sensuality.
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103 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/16 |
South Korea:12 |
USA:PG-13 (Certificate #36735) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Philippines:PG-13
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The medical condition that Santa Cruz's character Falcon ('Jack Armstrong') suffers from is meligiona astrocytoma. An astrocytoma is a malignant tumor of nervous tissue composed of astrocytes.
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Continuity: At the wedding reception, when Gwen and Jasper are dancing, they begin spinning in circles while holding hands. In most of the shots Gwen is holding onto the bow from the back of her dress. But in one shot it magically appears on the back of her dress again.
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Quotes:
Gwen Cummings:
I don't feel fine.
Jasper: Well of coursre you don't feel fine, you're in deliverance country surrounded by a bunch of sober freaks!
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Jasper: Well of coursre you don't feel fine, you're in deliverance country surrounded by a bunch of sober freaks!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Office: Initiation (#3.5)" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Everything Is Beautiful
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There is a a very important message at the heart of this Betty Thomas film: Self Control from Indulgent excesses. The problem: the film itself tipsily overindulges its themes by balancing good drama with over-acting and imbalanced doses of comedy.
In a sense, the film knew it was dealing with touchy subject matter when it highlighted the realities of rehab in NY, but why did it need to purposefully throw in the stereotypical comedic archetypes - the viking accented Alan Tursdysk, or O'Malley's strapdown one liners, or for that matter, the debonair English accented intelligent metro lover in Dom West? Perhaps it was in 2000, and you needed to sell films that way to appeal to their target audience of teenagers who did weed and drank too much, but the fact is, when you have Steve Buscemi, Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in a film you can afford to push the drama-reality envelope and go in that direction.
In fact, the film's best moments are when Thomas does this- in a series of flashbacks to let the audience get in sync and depth with Bullock's character. And, there are scenes where the comedy can be done appropriately and in concordance with the film's thematic content- such as the skit at the end for Azura Skye's character. Sadly, these good moves are coupled with some really tipsy flaws, including the ending where Mortensen's character meets the soap star. Bullock's character also undergoes way too quick a character change (for 28 days) if one was to really nitpick.
However, the themes in this film make this a film i would still recommend to youth and young people. Azura Skye's character's loneliness, depression and suicide are genuinely depicted, and the fragile and important message of hope and redemption amid the perfunctory nature of life in the rehab centre that are celebrated in the plot really help this film regain its footing. When Bullock's character realises that this (the pills and drugs) was not a way to live, and Mortensen addresses her insecurities of not being able to do a single thing right, the film touches significant depths and strikes the chords of viewers. My personal favourite was the scene were Lizzy Perkins' character acknowledges the flaws of hers and her sister's lives and establishes love and hope in reconciliation. You see, it is the film's ability to reach such levels that I know this film suffered from tipsily overindulging its themes-trying to tie in too much to everyone- from being a comedy to a drama.