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The Bachelor
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger,
Artie Lange |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
New Line
Cinema |
| Web Site: |
www.bachelormovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
They'd be bored.
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| Date Movie: |
She might make you go and then hate it.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Ehh. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
None. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Gary Sinyor
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| Produced By: |
Lloyd Segan, Bing Howenstein |
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The Bachelor
A Movie Review |
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"The Bachelor" had a pretty cool
premise. Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmy. He finds out that in
order to get his grandfather's inheritance, as well as save
the pool table factory, he has to get married by his 30th
birthday. The problem is that his 30th birthday is about 30
hours away and he's totally screwed up his relationship with
the girl he wants to but isn't ready to marry, Anne (Renee
Zellweger). Since he thinks she's out of the picture on a
trip out of the country he goes on a quest tracking down all
of his old girlfriends to make them his bride. I wanted the
movie to be funny, even though as a romantic comedy you know
exactly where this movie would end up, but there was just
something missing. Maybe I just couldn't fathom how Jimmy
could find all of his old girlfriends in the 30 hour span,
maybe I just didn't understand why he couldn't want to
initially marry Anne (sorry, but if I was dating her there
would be no hesitation in my face to marry her), maybe the
jokes were pretty lame, or maybe I'm just becoming a bitter,
single, wondering were my future wife is thirty-something
dude. I don't know, but I was just let down.
Alright, let's fill in some story blanks. Jimmy and Anne
have been together about 3 years. Like I said before,
Jimmy's grandfather dies and leaves the stipulation in the
will that to get the 100 millionish dollars Jimmy would have
to fulfill some conditions (I did like the "What is this,
'Bruester's Millions?'" line), like staying married for 10
years and having a kid within 5. It should be simple except
that Jimmy already botched asking Anne to marry him so she
is questioning the relationship and is supposedly on her way
out of the country. So, Jimmy searches for his old
girlfriends (could you find 8 of your old girlfriends in a
30 hour span? He did.), and they all turn him down, mostly
through his own bumbling of explaining what was going on.
Hmm, I'm thinking for 50 million dollars (figuring I'd get
half), hell, I'll marry him. Anyway, it turns out Anne
didn't go overseas, just with her sister to their parents
anniversary dinner, and she realized she really loves him
and is on her way back to find him (she doesn't know about
the money). Well, low and behold they find each other (she
finds out about the money but realizes he really wants to
marry her), and it's a happy ending.
I don't know, I'm thinking the movie could have been
funnier if Jimmy didn't have a girlfriend and had 30 hours
to find Miss Right because then you could have been routing
for a certain girl instead of knowing the ending. The things
women would do to win him over could have been hilarious,
the running from crazed dudettes could have been more real,
and it still could have had a storybook ending.
In the end I was disappointed and with that "The
Bachelor" get 1 ½ stars out of 5 from me. I love a good
romantic comedy, this just wasn't one of them.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
