View from the Top

View from the Top

View from the Top
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Actor: Candice Bergen, Christina Applegate, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joshua Malina, Mark Ruffalo
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
Published: 2003-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-09
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax Films

DVD Reviews of View from the Top

DVD Review: Mediocre romantic/comedy
Summary: 3 Stars

Being a movie buff and still in high school means that on most occasions I watch movies with both parents. And since my mom simply loves romantic comedies (think Meg Ryan, 'The Queen of Romantic Comedies'), I decided to give "View from the Top" a try.

Gwyneth Paltrow plays Donna Jensen, a small time girl who desperately wants to see the world and leave her home town behind. By chance she sees the famous stewardess/recent authoress Sally Weston (Candice Bergen). Inspired by Sally Weston, Donna lands a job as a stewardess on one of the lower class airlines. But soon, her dreams start becoming a reality when she gets accepted to the Royal Airlines school to be trained as a waitress. But through many hardships, trials, and a love interest in the form of Ted Stewart (Mark Ruffalo), Donna learns what it really means to find happiness and fulfill your true dreams. Also stars the famous Mike Myers as a teacher at the Royal Airlines School with a slight 'eye' problem, Christine Applegate as Christine the fellow stewardess who is not all that she seems, and a small part by Kelly Preston as another aspiring stewardess. Short cameo also of Rob Lowe as a co-pilot.

Just as the title for my review states, I found "View from the Top" in my list of 'extremely mediocre'. Wasn't too bad, just nothing special either. The thing with this movie is that it actually DOES have potential. So here's a list of the good points:

1) Gwyneth Paltrow's character is actually likable though a bit naive. Recent romantic/comedy stars are at times just unlikable, making the whole movie unlikable. How can you like a movie with terrible characters.
2) Mike Myers is simply HILARIOUS! His whole 'eye' thing is sooo funny! But amazingly enough, he has character isn't too one-dimensional, giving occasion for you to feel for him and like him not just as a comic relief.
3) The story is in a way quiet enjoyable, an easy to follow storyline.
4) Some great one-liners and jokes! I especially loved it when Sally Weston says something about 'smiling even after you're out of Bloody Mary mix'.

Ok, on with the numerous 'on the bad side' points:

1) All right, even for people who LOVED this movie have to admit that the love plot was just a 'mite' too boring. There seemed to be no real chemistry between the two Paltrow and Ruffalo that it was bit hard to believe they end up with each other at the end.
2) Predictability seems to be a major *must* in all romantic/comedies. Unfortunately, "View from the Top" seems to have taken the cake for being too predictable. There was some effort to include a small twist in the plot, but viewers could predict that at least 30 minutes before it actually happens.
3) Half of the jokes are sexually implied ones, which for me totally ruins all great movies of this genre. And as many movies are now inclined to have to include gay jokes or at least have one gay person in the movie, it proves to make me especially uncomfortable. I'm sure at least a few people agree with me on that area, gay jokes can be in my opinion TOTALLY taken out of any film.

To sum it up, "View from the Top" is nothing special. And sadly because it seemed to be MADE to be 'just another chick flick', it's a movie which can be easily passed over. If you're looking for GREAT romantic/comedies (aka chick flicks), watch these good, fairly clean, and FUN movies:
"You've Got Mail" (Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks)
"Sleepless in Seattle" (another Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks movie)
"Kate and Leopold" (Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman)
"The Importance of Being Earnest" (Shakespeare story with Colin Firth & Reese Witherspoon)

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Description of View from the Top

Academy Award(R)-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Best Actress, 1998; SHALLOW HAL) stars in this hilarious comedy hit about a small-town girl who's about to get a taste of the big-time world! No one thought Donna (Paltrow) would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream! The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for! Also starring Christina Applegate (TV's MARRIED WITH CHILDREN), Rob Lowe (AUSTIN POWERS Trilogy, TOMMY BOY), Kelly Preston (WHAT A GIRL WANTS, JERRY MAGUIRE), and Candice Bergen (SWEET HOME ALAMBAMA, MISS CONGENIALITY), this charmingly funny treat will send your spirits soaring!
An ingeniously campy and enormously entertaining piece of fluff, View from the Top stars the impossibly lithe Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a white-trash girl with dreams of escaping her dead-end life by becoming an international flight attendant. Her destiny is complicated by a sweet guy (Mark Ruffalo) who just wants to live with his family in Cleveland and by a sister stewardess (Christina Applegate) who stabs Donna in the back. View from the Top doesn't take itself seriously, yet takes itself just seriously enough--Donna and the rest of the characters treat their absurdly candy-colored world as if it mattered. As Donna experiences the world and improves her fashion sense, the result is both hilarious and hilariously touching. Also featuring Mike Myers, Kelly Preston, and Candice Bergen as Donna's visionary mentor. --Bret Fetzer
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