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- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsAnnabeth GishJulia RobertsLili TaylorThree teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.Mystic Pizza is like its namesake food: it's cheesy, topped with romance, and rises to the occasion.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsDana CarveyRobert LoggiaTodd GraffTwo con men hide out in a house while the owner is away; one of them assumes the identity of the absent house sitter when the owner's relatives come to visit, only for further complications to set in.I wish the screenplay had developed that side a little more, and gone easier on the standard crime stuff.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauAnn-MargretA lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.The movie is too pat and practiced to really be convincing, and the progress of Ariel's relationships with the two grumps seems dictated mostly by the needs of the screenplay.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsHarley Jane KozakElizabeth McGovernBill PullmanWith 15 year reunion coming up, Kathy has sexual fantasies of her high school sweetheart. She's married, so she sends her BFF to check him out and report back. Things get complicated.The ending of the film is appalling.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsMacaulay CulkinEdward HerrmannJohn LarroquetteRichie Rich is the richest kid in the world. The one thing Richie doesn't have is friends. When his parents suddenly go missing, Richie hooks up with a group of kids who just might fill the void in his life, while helping save his folks.With Macaulay Culkin barely registering any emotion, Richie Rich feels disjointed and free of a sense of fun and wonderment.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsWhoopi GoldbergDianne WiestEli WallachA comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.“The Associate” is an uninspired recycling of the “Tootsie” formula, with the fatal error that its Tootsie-figure is offscreen most of the time and not lovable when he's onscreen.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsChristopher LloydJeff DanielsElizabeth HurleyA Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.Loud, effects-ridden comedy with no real humor.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsSandra BullockMichael CaineBenjamin BrattGracie Hart, a tomboyish detective, is forced to infiltrate the Miss United States beauty pageant as a contestant after her department learns that the event is under threat from an anonymous bomber.Though critics say Bullock is funny and charming, she can't overcome a bad script that makes the movie feel too much like a fluffy, unoriginal sitcom.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsKate HudsonMatthew McConaugheyAdam GoldbergBenjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are charming together, but they can't overcome How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' silly premise and predictable script.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsGene HackmanRay RomanoMaura TierneyA US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.A bland comedy that squanders a talented cast.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsLindsay LohanChris PineSamaire ArmstrongManhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.Just My Luck asks little of its leads and less of its audience, adding up to a middling teen rom-com that sorely lacks sparks.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsNia VardalosRichard DreyfussRachel DratchA disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.With stereotypical characters and a shopworn plot, My Life in Ruins is a charmless romantic comedy.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsEmma RobertsHayden ChristensenDanny AielloA young couple must navigate a blossoming romance, amidst a war between their families' competing pizza restaurants.A movie whose idea of both romance and comedy is permanently stuck in 1985, like a moldy slice of gabagool, oh marone!
