by Sony Pictures
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| Sales Rank: | 18004 (lower is better) |
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| Director: | Scott Marshall |
| Release Date: | 2008-01-22 |
| Label: | Sony Pictures |
| UPC: | 043396227569 |
| Binding: | DVD |
| Published By: | Sony Pictures |
| ASIN: | B000YGGNGA |
| Category: | DVD |
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Product Description
The City That Never Sleeps is about to meet the girl that doesn't quit. Jessica Simpson stars as Katie Gregerstitch, a small-town Oklahoma beauty who's come to New York to visit her long-time boyfriend. But after finding him in the arms of another woman, Katie decides to lose her cheating man and to find herself. With the help of two scheming co-workers (Andy Dick and Penelope Ann Miller), she lands a job at a top construction firm where she meets and falls for a great guy (Luke Wilson) with an even greater secret. Now, nothing is going to stop this go-getter from getting exactly what her heart desires in the romantic comedy that proves you can't keep a bright, beautiful down-home girl down. Also starring Willie Nelson.
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For Die-Hard Simpson Fans ONLY! - Reviewed on 2008-02-13
1 customer found this review helpful.
I thought critics were just picking on Jessica Simpson when "Blonde Ambition" was universally panned, but after (barely) sitting through this turkey, I conceded, and have to say this is one of the dumbest films I've watched since "Dude, Where's My Car?"
While Simpson's performance is cringe-worthy, the blame isn't entirely her's. The script, by John Cohen, Matthew Flanagan, and David McHugh, tries to combine elements of "Working Girl" and "The Dukes of Hazard", with all the finesse of a bull in a china shop. 'Clever' touches, like using Groucho Marx character names as clients, having co-star Rachael Leigh Cook ("Josie and the Pussycats") audition for a non-musical version of "Cats", and tossing in a cameo by Penny Marshall (complete with a reference to Milwaukee, the setting of "Laverne and Shirley) are dumb, rather than funny. Add to this Scott Marshall's ham-handed direction, and you have all the elements for a train wreck of a film.
The sad thing is, some wonderful talent is wasted. Larry Miller manages to make the most out of a poorly-written role as Simpson's boss, but Luke Wilson and Penelope Ann Miller (who both deserve better) are reduced to grinning and mugging, as the 'true love' and 'villain'. Willie Nelson and Drew Fuller are little more than window dressing; only Andy Dick seems a perfect 'fit', as idiotic as the plot, itself!
As for Jessica...if "Blonde Ambition" is any indication, she'd better stick to singing!
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Book Subjects
- Adult Language
- Adult Situations
- Boss from Hell
- Bright
- Color
- Comedies
- Comedy
- Comedy Video
- English
- Feature
- Feature Film-comedy
- Fish Out of Water
- Ladder to the Top
- Light
- Movie
- Office Politics
- Romance
- Romantic Comedy
- Rousing
- Screwball Comedy