Alex & Emma
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Alex & Emma / Alex and Emma |
| Original title | Alex & Emma / Alex and Emma |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rob Reiner |
| script | Jeremy Leven |
| production | Todd Black, Alan Greisman, Jeremy Leven, Rob Reiner, Elie Samaha |
| music | Marc Shaiman |
| camera | Gavin Finney |
| cut | Alan Edward Bell Robert Leighton |
| occupation | |
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Alex & Emma is a comedy film directed by Rob Reiner from the year 2003 .
action
Author Alex Sheldon owes the Cuban Mafia $ 100,000. Two mafiosi threaten him with death. The only hope for the timely raise of the money is the completion of a new novel by Sheldon.
Sheldon suffers from writer's block. He hires Emma Dinsmore to help him write. The new novel is about the writer Adam Shipley, who lived in the 1920s. Shipley has relationships with Anna and Polina Delacroix.
The world of the novel and the world of Sheldon are becoming increasingly similar. Sheldon and Dinsmore fall in love.
background
The plot is based in part on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky from 1866. The comedy was shot in Boston and California . The budget was $ 30 million. The film grossed $ 15.4 million worldwide.
Reviews
According to the Lexicon of International Films : “A dignified, lightweight romantic comedy whose plot is based on the life of the writer Scott Fitzgerald. The well-humored actors slip into several roles, which is amusing without really causing the spark. "
James Berardinelli criticized the comedy for being a warmed-up "low-end version" of the comedy Harry and Sally . The film's dual structure would be used more efficiently in the movie Obsessive . The chemistry between the main actors is missing. Berardinelli criticized the portrayal of Kate Hudson.
Web links
- Alex & Emma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alex & Emma at Metacritic (English)
- Alex & Emma at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Alex & Emma in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1711
- ↑ Alex & Emma. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli