I mentioned how there was a lot of interesting films on last night, and well whilst View From The Top may not have the same class as 'The Queen' has, this was a nice surprise package. Running for 87 minutes, it was long enough to offer some laughs and a semi-interesting storyline, and with ... Read review
An ingeniously campy and enormously entertaining piece of fluff,View from the Topstars the ... more
impossibly lithe Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a white-trash girl with dreams of escaping her dead-end life by becoming an international flight attendant. Her destin...
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Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love, Best Actress, 1998) ... more
teams up with funnyman Mike Myers (Austin Powers Trilogy) in a hilarious comedy hit about a small-town girl who's about to get a taste of the big-time world! No one...
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apartments and offers a rare insight into not only the designs and lifestyles experienced in these palatial 'mansions in the sky' but also a look at their amazing vistas. This volume showcases the cache of living among the clouds.
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: Quite a solid movie throughout Disadvantages: Lacking the final wow
...last night, and well whilst View From The Top may not have the same class as 'The Queen' has, this was a nice surprise package. Running for 87 minutes, it was long enough to offer some laughs and a semi-interesting storyline, and with a PG certificate you should find that this 2003 movie is suitable for most of the family. Gwyneth Paltrow takes the lead role of Donna Jensen, who after being dumped by her highschool sweetheart in a birthday card for ... ...follow her dream of becoming an air hostess. It won't take long for her dream to take off...
Donna lands herself a job on one of the least classy airlines you are ever likely to see, and this is where she meets Sherry (Kelly Preston) who takes her under her wing to teach her the ropes, and as Donna has never been on a plane before you wouldn't expect it to be easy. Fortunately, they show this all in sped up time so it doesn't take ... more
I mentioned how there was a lot of interesting films on last night, and well whilst View From The Top may not have the same class as 'The Queen' has, this was a nice surprise package. Running for 87 minutes, it was long enough to offer some laughs and a semi-interesting storyline, and with a PG certificate you should find that this 2003 movie is suitable for most of the family. Gwyneth Paltrow takes the lead role of Donna Jensen, who after being dumped by her highschool sweetheart in a birthday card for being a small town girl, decides to prove everyone and follow her dream of becoming an air hostess. It won't take long for her dream to take off...
Donna lands herself a job on one of the least classy airlines you are ever likely to see, and this is where she meets Sherry (Kelly Preston) who takes her under her wing to teach her the ropes, and as Donna has never been on a plane before you wouldn't expect it to be easy. Fortunately, they show this all in sped up time so it doesn't take her long to be the example of perfection, although unfortunately for us it means she will be moving up from the slutty outfits her current airline has her wear. Donna also gets her own apprentice in Christine (Christina Applegate) and the three become good friends. This couldn't be a romantic comedy without the roamance though, and Donna finds that in Ted (Mark Ruffalo) who is a wannabe law student scared of following his dream. With Donna following her dream of hitting the skies, it doesn't appear that this romance will last longer than one date.
The film is all about ambitions for more though, and that is why the three girls decide to apply for bigger and better things at a new airline. Rather surprisingly Sherry doesn't make it through to the new airline, which brings her time in the movie to a rather abrupt end, meaning it is now just Donna and Christine aganist the world. Donna's dream was inspired by a celebrity she saw on television named Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) and as Donna improves and improves, she sort of works as a mentor for Donna. This is all a little unbelieveable really, but this is a feel good movie with a lot of glitz surrounding being an airhostess so what can I say. It's probably a chick flick but I enjoyed it!
Performance wise I'm not a huge follower of any actor or actress in particular, but I would say all the performances were good for what they were. I knew I recognised the actress playing Christine from someone, and she actually played Rachel Green's spoilt sister in an episode of Friends. That is why it comes as no surprise that she plays the bitchy one out of the girls, and is obviously an actress that is very good at that particular role. The film is all about seeing if she can make it to that jetset lifestyle that will have her waiting on first class business trips from New York to Paris, but can she get over that nagging feeling that she is missing somethnig - or someone? I actually really liked this movie, although I would have liked to have seen more of the process of her moving up in the world because at the end of it all it seemed a bit easy. You definitly have to give a shout out to Mike Myers for starring in this movie as well as the trainer of Donna's, as he does generate laughs for the film. Not something I would go out to buy but a pleasure to watch on a Sunday night.
Advantages: Unusual, sweet story, various sub plots to keep your attention, fun characters Disadvantages: Predictable
A View From The Top tells the story of a small town girl with big city dreams: Donna discovers the glamorous world of flight attending and immediately realises it's the thing that was missing from her life. She leaves behind her home town and her currently unsuccessful life and lands herself a job at an airline, though things are not exactly how she imagined they would be. Through hard work, a bit of luck and a lot of guts she works her way up and ... ...'A Journey Inside A View From The Top' is a typical behind the scenes documentary that includes cast and crew interviews, outtakes, some deleted scenes and a general look at filming. It was interesting to see the set aeroplanes as they have only one wall to allow for filming, but this is something that, though expected, you would never guess from seeing the film where it looks like an authentic, fully formed plane. The Music of A View From the Top ...
zoe_page 14.05.2005
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View From the Top is a feel good comedy about flight attendants and is great Sunday afternoon viewing! Please note, some spoilers may follow!
It tells the story of Donna Jenson (Gwyneth Paltrow), a small town girl from Silver Springs, Nevada who lives with her mother in a trailer and works in the luggage department of an Asda Wal-Mart type store. Her boyfriend breaks up with her and she is sat in a bar throwing all their memorabilia away when she ... ...(Candice Bergen) who is an inspirational speaker and is promoting her new book. Donna is motivated by this interview and buys Sally’s book, ‘My life in the skies.’ Donna decides she wants to be a glamorous flight attendant and see the world. She drives to her nearest airport (a tiny regional airport, not much bigger than an airfield) and has an interview at Sierra Airlines. It’s not the best airline-their motto is ‘Short Skirts, Big Hair, and Service ...
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Advantages: Only 87 mins Disadvantages: no effort in the acting, no laughs
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Gywneth Paltrow stars in this light-hearted quasi rom-com as Donna, who is a young small town woman dreaming of flying high in life, quite literally. From her rural Nevada home, there is little opportunity for Donna to escape the day in, day out boredom of living in obscurity. She is inspired by a veteran flight stewardess Sally Weston, who made her way to the very top through hard work and a strong head. Donna decides this could be a massive ... ...two friends, Sherry and Christine, played by Kelly Preston and Christina Applegate respectively. When all three appliy for a training program at a much more established company, only Donna and Christine are succesful. After finally meeting Sally Weston, her ambition and motivation become even stronger, and strives to work internationally. There is a major setback, as Donna receives work at a commuter route to Cleveland. The 'romantic' part of this ...
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I found this movie to be boring. I am easily amused, but this movie just wasn't funny. I sat and watched it but found it to be a waste of time and money. It does have its moments but all in all, it's not worth watching, there are many other movies better than this one that you are better off watching and will enjoy more. ...
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Advantages: Starts a bit silly but it does get better Disadvantages: none
...~* Release dates *~ View from the top was realised on the 21st of March 2003 in America, I cannot find the UK Date any place sorry.
~* Plot outline * ~
Donna Jensen is a small town girl from Silver springs, Nevada and when she gets dumped by her boyfriend she decides it's time she done and seen more so She ends up getting a job with sera airline's not what she hoped for but it was a start , She goes to a job fair with her friends to join royalty ... ...reunited with the guy of her dreams but she decides not to let this guy in the way of her destiny. ~* Casting * ~ Good cast in this movie. Gwyneth Paltrow plays the lead as Donna. Christina Applegate and Kelly Preston play her best mate's from sera airlines. Mike Mires is also in this movie so you know it's going to have a element of fun when you hear that name.
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Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
10/05/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BED 881146
Barcode
5017188811460
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book, "My Life in the Sky," and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant. Soon, the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and, along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) and Christine (Christina Applegate), dreams of working the international routes on a large airline. That opportunity arises when Royalty Airlines holds a job fair where the girls are drilled by Mike Myers' hilarious former airline attendant, John Whitney. Soon, Donna and Christine find themselves in training at Royalty's home base with the manic Whitney where the ambitious Donna makes it clear that she's headed for the international routes by acing all of Whitney's tests. However, Donna finds that success doesn't come without its pitfalls when she ends up stationed in Cleveland where she strikes up a romance while still dreaming about jetting around Europe as a first class flight attendant.
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