View from the Top
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Metascore
27 out of 100

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4.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Starring: Christina Applegate, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo
  • Summary: A comedy about a young woman (Paltrow) from meager beginnings who dreams of becoming a first class international flight attendant and is wiling to do whatever it takes to ensure that her dreams come true. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 30
  3. Negative: 19 out of 30
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Adult audiences may be underwhelmed. Not younger teenage girls, who will be completely fascinated.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    60
    The tone seesaws between comic wackiness and romantic sincerity, with Paltrow better suited to the latter.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    Mike Myers, responsible for the picture's one, or possibly two, laughs.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    The movie is full of puzzling celebrity cameos, as if Brazilian director Bruno Barreto called in all his chits.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 5 out of 10
  1. BMich21
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. View from the Top is a (supposed) comedy about a smalltown girl who was always told that she was nothing and that she deserved nothing. Instead of doing nothing, however, she instead overcame these setbacks and became a first class, international flight attendant for a leading airline, Royalty Airlines. In the process of serving for the airline, she met the famous retired flight attendant that inspired her to achieve her goals in life, Sally Mason; encountered some difficulties with the people that she thought were her friends; and fell in love with one of her previous flight attendant friends' boyfriend, Ted. Even though the 2003 comedy scored a 14% on Rotten Tomatoes, I thought that this was an excellent film and a great attestment to the message, "Don't let anything stand in the way of your dreams." Even though the comedy might be a little bit subtle in some parts of the movie, I would definitely recommend this film to anyone looking for a nice, heart-warming tale.… Expand
  2. TonyB.
    1
    This is a film of virtually no importance, consequence or merit. Why was it made?

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