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Why would Reese Witherspoon agree to a movie like this?


Why would Reese Witherspoon, an Academy Award winning actress, choose to sign onto such a flimsy movie? The film only got 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. When an actor signs onto a movie like this, is it just hard for them to tell in the beginning how bad it's going to be?

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Why would Reese Witherspoon agree to a movie like this?


Why do you think? MONEY!



"There's too many Mutha'Ukers Uking with my Shi"

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I guess she thought she could produce a comedy hit after finding success with Wild and Gone Girl. Boy was she wrong.

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Reese Witherspoon wasn't in gone girl o.o

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No, but she produced it and was at one time going to play the female lead.

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How do you even notice her with Sofia Vergara in it?

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Like someone else said, I guess they were trying to replicate the success of "The Heat", but it really didn't work... there were some funny moments, but most of it was ehhhhh.
Overall this was an okay, kinda bland movie, even the gag reel in the credits was bland! I'm glad I had a promo code so I didn't have to pay for it, this was definitely a "RedBoxer" kind of film!

Reese, you stick to dramas, and Sofia, just keep doing "Modern Family".

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dramas? Like "Legally Blonde"?

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Sorry, a couple of "good" comedic films in a pool of pretty lame to tamely funny comedic films does not make one a good fit for Comedy.

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Well, it was more than "a couple," looking at her resume, and I apparently liked her more in Legally Blonde than you. No sorrys necessary. Matter of taste.

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