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Why on Earth did Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts agree to star in this film?


I got forty-odd minutes through this film before this question occurred to me. I mean, here I was watching a second rate film that looked like it belonged on HBO, when I realised that the only reason I was watching it was because of these two names in the credits.

Was it a slow month for scripts or something?

I'm not saying it was entirely bad, it wasn't. There were some great moments, but the majority of this film could have been concocted by students. It really was put together in the most obvious manner. I found myself searching for the hidden depths, the odd surreptitious wink that told me they knew it looked obvious but that said something (anything) that hadn't already been said.

Truly, I picked up on nothing. And I am really good at picking up on that type of stuff.

I'm not saying that actors as accomplished as TH and JR don't have the right to star in anything they want to... I just want to understand why they chose this.

Any ideas?

"I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody."

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the movie is more a tone poem about the pleasure found in academics rather than an academic polemic.



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Thanks for responding but I'm not sure it really answers my question.

Are you saying that Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts were trying to iterate their love affair with academics?

"I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody."

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very much so.



Aloha, Mr. Hand.

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Tone poem? I don't think so crack-head.

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tone poem

n.
A piece of music that is based on an extramusical theme, such as a story or nationalistic ideal, and usually consists of a single extended movement for a symphony orchestra. Also called symphonic poem

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Scientologists love Narnia, there's plenty of closet space.

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Don't you know who wrote and directed it by? After all this is IMDb...

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the great script was irresistible.





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I don't care. The chemistry between Tom and Julia was the best part about this movie. Anyone with half a brain watching this mess wanted Tom to move away from the stupid subplots and economic messages to concentrate solely on Tom and Julia's budding relationship. I haven't seen a pair have that much chemistry together in a romantic comedy that quickly since Meg starred with Hugh Jackman in Kate & Leopold. The only wonderful part of this movie was when Larry takes her home, she kisses him on her front porch and they both kind of quietly celebrate.

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agree. magic. 



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Since Tom Hanks co-wrote, produced and directed, I guess he found it tough to turn down his own offer to be in the film.

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he made himself an offer he couldn't refuse!



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