Advantages: The stars look good, Breslin is adorable as usual Disadvantages: No chemistry between the leads, manufactured romance and no comedy
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TITLE : No Reservations
RATING: **
CAST: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Bob Balaban, Patricia Clarkson, Jenny Wade. DIRECTOR: Scott Hicks
SCREENWRITER: Carol Fuchs
BASED ON FILM: "Bella Martha (2002)," written by Sandra Nettleback
STUDIO: Warner Bros. RUNNING TIME: 104 Minutes
RATED: PG (US & UK); for sensuality and brief profanity. DVD AVAILABILITY (Blu-Ray): ... ...which was a movie with no laughs and thoroughly unlikable characters...and it was trying to pass itself off as a part romantic comedy and part character study. It failed on both counts. While NO RESERVATIONS is a better film---and yes, this is a rare instance where I'd take the studio assembly line over the indie flick---it's a romantic comedy where the romance feels manufactured and there are virtually no laughs. The film's heart is certainly in ...
eve6kicksass 01.03.2008
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