Rumor Has It... (2005)

Regista:

Rob Reiner

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Ted Griffin (written by)

Data di uscita:

25 dicembre 2005 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy | Romance

Slogan:

Based on a true rumor.

Plot:

Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Airport | Male Female Relationship | Taxi | Affair

Recensioni degli utenti:

Pretty Banal Storyline but with some Good Moments Courtesy of the Cast

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Sarah Huttinger
Kevin Costner	...	Beau Burroughs
Shirley MacLaine	...	Katharine Richelieu
Mark Ruffalo	...	Jeff Daly
Richard Jenkins	...	Earl Huttinger
Christopher McDonald	...	Roger McManus
Steve Sandvoss	...	Scott
Mena Suvari	...	Annie Huttinger
Mike Vogel	...	Blake Burroughs
Rob Lanza	...	New Year's Eve M.C. (as Robert Lanza)
Lisa Vachon	...	Young Katharine
Trevor Stock	...	Young Beau
Jennifer Bini Taylor	...	Jocelyn Richelieu (as Jennifer Taylor)
Marcia Ann Burrs	...	Pasadenan Wife
Lynn Wanlass	...	Pasadenan Wife

Alias:

Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title)
Otherwise Engaged (USA) (working title)
Untitled 'The Graduate' Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Jennifer Aniston Graduate Comedy (USA) (working title)
Untitled Rob Reiner Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Ted Griffin Project (USA) (working title)
Vizi di famiglia (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference.

Durata:

96 min

Nazionalità:

USA | Australia

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Divieti:

Sweden:Btl | Finland:K-3 | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:AL | Germany:o.Al. | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Iceland:L | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Luoghi delle riprese:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Curiosità:

Early in the film's pre-production stages, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft were strongly considered for the roles of Beau Burroughs and Katherine Richelieu. But when Bancroft died and Hoffman had filming commitments for several other projects, the roles were given to Kevin Costner and Shirley MacLaine.

Errori:

Continuity: When Sarah and her father are in the kitchen, he sets a mug of tea in front of her. She reaches for the handle around the front of the mug, but then in the next shot, she's turning the mug from behind it.

Citazioni:

Jeff: [to Sarah in the elevator, after she has apologized] If we have a daughter, Beau Burroughs doesn't come within a thousend miles of her.
Sarah: It stops with me!

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Titanic (1997)

Colonna sonora:

I'm Beginning To See The Light

Pretty Banal Storyline but with some Good Moments Courtesy of the Cast

Rumor has it that this is a pretty banal movie. The rumor is true. Ted Griffin, the screenwriter from Pasadena, and a writer with some pretty fine screenplays under his belt (Matchstick Men, Ocean's Eleven), somehow felt the need to cash in on the re-release of the classic film THE GRADUATE about his hometown idiosyncrasies and make a 30 years later 'sequel'. Bad choice: the comparisons between the two films are just too far apart to endure tolerance from the audience.

Rob Reiner has made some fine films in the past, but he lets this little bit of pastiche just get out of control. The few laughs that are implied come form some gritty lines from Katherine (veteran Shirley MacLaine), playing the grandmother of Sarah (Jennifer Aniston), who was the model for 'Mrs. Robinson' in the book THE GRADUATE. It seems that Aniston returns for her sister Annie's (Mena Suvari) wedding to hunky Scott (Steve Sandvoss from 'Latter Days' fame) with her affianced Jeff (Mark Ruffalo) only to realize that she doesn't seem to fit into Pasadena much less her family. Never close to her father (Richard Jenkins) she hears that her mother had a fling with one Beau (Kevin Costner) and that she may be the offspring of Beau and her mother. How she discovers the reality of the rumor is the point (or lack thereof) of the movie.

With Aniston, MacLaine, Ruffalo, Costner and Jenkins in the cast the film has to have some good points - and it does. It is just that the idea for the story is too lame to digest and too poorly written to buy into, making this a film to watch only if you happen to love the cast. Grady Harp