The bachelor

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Movie
German title The bachelor
Original title The Bachelor
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Gary Sinyor
script Steve Cohen
production Jeffrey T. Barabe
Bing Howenstein
Lloyd Segan
music David A. Hughes
John Murphy
camera Simon Archer
cut Robert M. Reitano
occupation

The Bachelor (Original title: The Bachelor ) is an American comedy film from 1999 . The Director led Gary Sinyor , the writer wrote Steve Cohen on the basis of the play Seven Chances of Roi Cooper Megrue . The main roles were played by Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger .

The play was filmed in 1925 under the title Seven Chances (alternative: Buster Keaton, the man with 1000 brides ). The main roles were played by Buster Keaton and Ruth Dwyer , and the film was directed by Buster Keaton.

action

Jimmie Shannon, who lives in San Francisco, proposes marriage to his girlfriend Anne Arden. She doesn't think he's mature enough to marry. Anne refuses the application and leaves the city.

Shortly thereafter dies Jimmie's grandfather, a fortune worth about 100 million US dollars leaves. Jimmie is supposed to inherit the money on the condition that he marries by his 30th birthday. Since he is on the day before this date and cannot reach Anne, he asks his former friends if they would marry him. Most of them, including a policewoman and a student, strictly oppose this. The most recently asked Buckley Hale-Windsor agrees first, and wants to make sacrifices for her impoverished upper-class family . Then she learns that one of the testament conditions is to have children within five years. This clause also discourages them.

Jimmie talks about marriage to a priest friend who was married for many years before becoming a widower to become a clergyman. The priest shows Jimmie the photo of his youngest grandchild. This changes Jimmie's attitude towards the family.

A friend of the desperate Jimmie wants to publicly announce in a newspaper advertisement that Shannon is looking for a wife. The matter is described in an article on the front page, hundreds of women in white wedding dresses answer. Shannon is frightened and flees; the women chase him through San Francisco. Anne comes back to town in time to reach Jimmie and marry him.

Reviews

  • William Arnold wrote in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on November 5, 1999 that the film was a waste of time . He criticized that the film co-produced by Chris O'Donnell put the actor too much in the center. He described Renée Zellweger's portrayal as incompetent .

"Uninspired romantic comedy with a wooden main actor who lovelessly unwinds the common role clichés."

- Lexicon of international film

“Unfortunately, the joke from the groom against his will no longer works today, even if the potential wives try to be pierced in a contemporary way or are bisexual. And in view of the dialogues, one wishes for the silent film era back. "

- Miriam Flüß for TV feature film

“Fresh and surprisingly full of ideas at the beginning, 'Der Junggeselle' proves to be the standard food that one might assume with this topic anyway. Sympathetic actors and some good ideas therefore unfortunately do not save the bachelor from the danger of falling into the typical comedy slam in the course of the event. "

- Filmspiegel.de

Others

  • One of the brides mentions that she was in Princeton , where Brooke Shields studied. Shields plays the role of Buckley.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The bachelor. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ tvspielfilm.de
  3. ^ Filmspiegel.de ( Memento from June 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )