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Craig Younkin
DVD Review
View From The Top
By Lee Tistaert Published September 24, 2003
US Release: March 21, 2003
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow , Christina Applegate , Mark Ruffalo , Mike Myers
PG-13 for language/sexual references.
Running Time: 87 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $16,148,000
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow , Christina Applegate , Mark Ruffalo , Mike Myers
PG-13 for language/sexual references.
Running Time: 87 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $16,148,000
C
96 of 132
The type of cutesy product aimed to please those with minimal expectations
View from the Top is the kind of film you might willfully watch on cable while channel surfing, for you are just terribly bored and want to see if it?s any good.
I didn?t expect to like the film but was questioning whether or not I?d be pleasantly surprised given the nearly tolerable opening. Soon, however, View from the Top became exactly what I expected ? it?s light, offers very little, has actors playing thin roles, and the script breezes through matters without depth or care, expecting the audience to adore the icon actors who are front and center.
One might label this as an ideal example of a chick flick, as female demographics are prone to be one of the only audience groups appreciating it, with most others likely sighing in response and asking for the exit. There are movies with female casts that are not strictly chick flicks, and those are quite impressive given the barrier they break in demographic pleasing. However, View from the Top is one of them.
Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Donna, a young woman who dreams to be a flight attendant and gets that chance when her local airport hires her as a stewardess. Along the way we meet Donna?s friends, including Christine (Christina Applegate) and Sherry (Kelly Preston), who share the same occupation as Donna.
The problem with View from the Top may lie in one thought, and that is it?s just not funny. The film establishes itself as a cutesy tale with "follow your dreams" messages galore, and that may please some female viewers not looking for anything else other than expected emotions, but for others it?s almost torture.
View from the Top also co-stars Mike Myers as a flight trainee, who is obviously paying his due after Paltrow made a brief appearance in his much better comedy, Goldmember (B). Myers, despite mass enthusiasm, is handed a part that likely no actor could arouse amusement from, and rather comes off as an embarrassing figure than anything else. All while he was performing his shtick, the only thing I could think of was how stupid he must have felt.
View from the Top does nothing unexpected and is the type of cutesy product aimed to please those with minimal expectations. While I never laughed or chuckled once, nor cracked a single smile throughout its duration, the film could?ve been worse, and that?s one of the only things I came out of the experience knowing for sure.
DVD Features:
- History of the Flight Attendant
- A Journey Inside "View from the Top"
- Music of "View from the Top"
- Widescreen
Audio Features:
- (English) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- French Language Track
I didn?t expect to like the film but was questioning whether or not I?d be pleasantly surprised given the nearly tolerable opening. Soon, however, View from the Top became exactly what I expected ? it?s light, offers very little, has actors playing thin roles, and the script breezes through matters without depth or care, expecting the audience to adore the icon actors who are front and center.
One might label this as an ideal example of a chick flick, as female demographics are prone to be one of the only audience groups appreciating it, with most others likely sighing in response and asking for the exit. There are movies with female casts that are not strictly chick flicks, and those are quite impressive given the barrier they break in demographic pleasing. However, View from the Top is one of them.
Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Donna, a young woman who dreams to be a flight attendant and gets that chance when her local airport hires her as a stewardess. Along the way we meet Donna?s friends, including Christine (Christina Applegate) and Sherry (Kelly Preston), who share the same occupation as Donna.
The problem with View from the Top may lie in one thought, and that is it?s just not funny. The film establishes itself as a cutesy tale with "follow your dreams" messages galore, and that may please some female viewers not looking for anything else other than expected emotions, but for others it?s almost torture.
View from the Top also co-stars Mike Myers as a flight trainee, who is obviously paying his due after Paltrow made a brief appearance in his much better comedy, Goldmember (B). Myers, despite mass enthusiasm, is handed a part that likely no actor could arouse amusement from, and rather comes off as an embarrassing figure than anything else. All while he was performing his shtick, the only thing I could think of was how stupid he must have felt.
View from the Top does nothing unexpected and is the type of cutesy product aimed to please those with minimal expectations. While I never laughed or chuckled once, nor cracked a single smile throughout its duration, the film could?ve been worse, and that?s one of the only things I came out of the experience knowing for sure.
DVD Features:
- History of the Flight Attendant
- A Journey Inside "View from the Top"
- Music of "View from the Top"
- Widescreen
Audio Features:
- (English) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- French Language Track
Lee's Grade: C
Ranked #96 of 132 between Basic (#95) and Marci X (#97) for 2003 movies.
Ranked #96 of 132 between Basic (#95) and Marci X (#97) for 2003 movies.
Lee's Overall Grading: 3025 graded movies
| A | 0.4% | |
| B | 30.0% | |
| C | 61.7% | |
| D | 8.0% | |
| F | 0.0% |
'View From The Top' Articles
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