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View from the Top (2003)

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Reviews Counted:122

Fresh:17

Rotten:105

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Uneven in tone and badly edited, A View From the Top wastes the talents of its cast and condescends to its characters.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $15,512,221

Synopsis: This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she... This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book, "My Life in the Sky," and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant. Soon, the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and, along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) and Christine (Christina Applegate), dreams of working the international routes on a large airline. That opportunity arises when Royalty Airlines holds a job fair where the girls are drilled by Mike Myers' hilarious former airline attendant, John Whitney. Soon, Donna and Christine find themselves in training at Royalty's home base with the manic Whitney where the ambitious Donna makes it clear that she's headed for the international routes by acing all of Whitney's tests. However, Donna finds that success doesn't come without its pitfalls when she ends up stationed in Cleveland where she strikes up a romance while still dreaming about jetting around Europe as a first class flight attendant. [More]

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Mark Ruffalo, Mike Myers

Director: Bruno Barreto

Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriter: Eric Wald
Producer: Brad Grey, Matthew Baer, Bobby Cohen
Studio: Miramax Films

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
08/08/03
Sydney Morning Herald
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Quite empty with hardly any laughs, a terribly cliched romance subplot, and just plain nothing going on.

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03/23/03
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
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08/07/08
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12/30/06
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
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Miss Paltrow? We're gonna need that Oscar back.

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07/16/04
Martin Scribbs
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Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
05/19/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

[A]n airy bit of fluff, a soap bubble of a movie.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
01/04/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Teeters on the edge of lightweight, bland fare more associated with what's on airline menus. But the cast adds flavor and energy to the otherwise unremarkable itinerary.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
09/14/03
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

Not even cameos by Rob Lowe as a copilot, Chad Everett as Sally's Weston's husband, or George Kennedy as an airline passenger can rev up this plummeting plane wreck.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/11/03
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A flat, superficial comedy that never establishes a tone.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/03/03
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter

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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
08/12/03
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

O filme pode até não ser uma obra-de-arte, mas está longe de ser o desastre que muitos anunciaram. Ao menos, ele diverte.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
08/09/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

It's a pity...that such a first-class cast is forced to fly economy in this aimless exercise that never knows its destination.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
08/03/03
Shannon J. Harvey
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Sunday Times (Australia)
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07/02/03
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It aggressively browbeats you into enjoying it while it’s on, even if it’s the sort of movie that evaporates from memory once the lights come up.

Full Review Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) | comment Comment
06/27/03
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

If you’re looking to spend a couple of hours in first class, View from the Top is definitely not the ticket.

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06/04/03
Richard Horgan
Richard Horgan
FilmStew.com

The Christina Applegate renaissance is in serious jeopardy.

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05/28/03
Stephen Himes
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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