View from the Top

Name: View from the Top
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: March 21, 2003
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 27
Cast: Christina Applegate, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo

2003

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews

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Overwhelming dislike based on 106 Ratings

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Miramax Films | Release Date: March 21, 2003 | PG-13

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)

Director: Bruno Barreto

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 87 min

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Roger Ebert

Adult audiences may be underwhelmed. Not younger teenage girls, who will be completely fascinated. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Over in a breeze, padded out by a generous collection of outtakes, and filled with characters who disappear virtually unnoticed, View is an inoffensive comedy that feels like the victim of too much fiddling. Read full review

Ellen A. Kim

There are more laughs to be wrought out of Myers' militant flight-attendant training school, and they're just not there. Read full review

Desson Thomson

There's not much zest here, even with Mike Myers's energetic attempts to steal the movie as a cross-eyed flight instructor. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

An awkward comedy made surprisingly bearable, most of the way, by one actress' ability to turn on the charm and sparkle. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Co-star Christina Applegate, who's much more at home in this down and dirty milieu, wipes the floor (in one scene, literally, in a ludicrous cat fight) with the erstwhile Oscar winner. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

All the same, it's a feat to find the lowest common denominator at 40,000 feet; View From the Top would be perfect as the first in-flight offering of the new Hooters airline.

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BMich21

Jun 19, 2012

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

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jgaud4

Jun 20, 2020

A good, bad movie. Charming and star-studded cast, a light watch and a good background movie if you're doing other things. The short-comings comedically and within the story-line lack substance

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Broyax

Jan 24, 2017

Gouynette Paltoc promène son petit cul et sa collection de wonderbras dans cette désolante comédie qui peut faire sourire le bon public au début mais qui fait grimacer inéluctablement : gnangnan et niaise à un degré rarement atteint et d'une débilité sans bornes, en témoigne l'affligeanteGouynette Paltoc promène son petit cul et sa collection de wonderbras dans cette désolante comédie qui peut faire sourire le bon public au début mais qui fait grimacer inéluctablement : gnangnan et niaise à un degré rarement atteint et d'une débilité sans bornes, en témoigne l'affligeante présence de Mike Myers l'abruti mongoloïde en perpétuelle crise d'épilepsie de Parkinson, sa cervelle de veau lui dégouline par les oreilles. J'ai quand même tenu 50 mn avant d'accélérer en x2, x8 et x20. A ma décharge, je croyais que le film était déjà fini, absorbé que j'étais à deviner le string de Gouynette sous sa mini-jupe.… Expand

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TonyB.

Sep 28, 2005

This is a film of virtually no importance, consequence or merit. Why was it made?

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 24, 2016

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