Fresh
The actors make this fun if you can overlook the ludicrous view of Jeremy Leven's screenplay concerning how novels are written and what publishers generally pay for them.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Alex & Emma
Is it love... or are they just imagining things?
2003 · 1h 36m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Rob Reiner
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Alex & Emma
Overview
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
Director and cast
- Rob Reiner Director
- Luke Wilson as Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
- Kate Hudson as Emma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
- Sophie Marceau as Polina Delacroix
- David Paymer as John Shaw
- Paul Wilson as "Whistling" John Shaw
- Lobo Sebastian as Bobby / Flamenco Dancer #1
- Derek Barbosa as Tony
- Chino XL as Tony / Flamenco Dancer #2
- Rob Reiner as Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren
- Cloris Leachman Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It has no tempo, energy or pulse.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
This isn't one for the time capsule -- just bury it.
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Rotten
It's paint by numbers.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Dull and listless from the start, partly because the leads fail to connect and partly because both the script and the direction let them down.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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