Production Date: 1999
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Rating USA: R
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Budget: $50,000,000 (estimated)
Box-Office Gross: $27,100,030 |
Director - Rob
Reiner
Screenplay - Alan Zweibel &
Jessie Nelson
Producers - Jessie Nelson, Rob
Reiner & Alan Zweibel
Executive Producers - Frank Capra
III & Jeffrey Stott
Associate Producer - Tammy Glover
Production - Castle Rock Entertainment
Photogrphy - Michael Chapman
Production Design - Lilly Kilvert
Original Music - Eric Clapton
& Marc Shaiman
Film Editing - Alan Edward Bell
& Robert Leighton
Casting - Janet Hirshenson &
Jane Jenkins
Production Companies - Castle
Rock Entertainment |
Two jilted lovers spend fifteen years
of marriage together, only to find that they might no
longer love each other. In this time they have two children
and go through the various (dramatic and comical) events
that take place in an average marriage.
Ben (Bruce Willis) is
trying to figure out what has gone wrong in his marriage,
as is wife Katie (Michelle Pfeiffer).
Taking turns, the duo tells the audience, in flashback
and present day, about their experiences which have
led them to totter on the brink of divorce. From their
early married life to the birth of their two children,
family dinners, the sometimes mundane household routine,
their sex lives, and more, Ben and Katie try to reveal
the necessary details. Close friends of the couple (Rita
Wilson, Rob Reiner)
chime in with their observations, also. When all is
said and done, will the couple uncover any reasons to
stay together?
This is a pleasing and often funny look at the realities
of married life and what keeps couples together or drives
them apart. Ben and Katie are sometimes captivating,
sometimes unsympathetic as their true natures are revealed.
Director Reiner uses the flashbacks and small pithy
scenes to good advantage; the storyline is always intriguing
but not confusing. Willis and Pfeiffer ultimately create
believable yet likeable characters we come to care about.
Pfeiffer, indeed, has a strong, humorous speech at the
end of the film which sums up the nature of marriage
in a few ringing sentences. Recommended for those looking
for a mildly amusing romantic comedy about the happy-but-painful
essence of love. |
Culver Studios,
Culver City, California, USA (studio)
Los Angeles, California,
USA
Venice, Veneto, Italy |
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Golden Satellite Award - Best
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Young Artist Award - Best Performance
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