America's Sweethearts
2001
*½
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones
The film studio wants to reunite a popular on-screen (but no longer off-screen) couple to promote their last film, which no one apart from the director has seen. This parody on the Hollywood publicity machine is ruined by a shockingly unfunny script and ham-fisted direction. Throw in an unconvincing romance, a couple of caricatured performances and an overall lack of plausibility, and you have a complete dud in your hands.
