Movie Review - Rumor Has It
Posted by Administrator on December 23rd, 2005
Directed by Rob Reiner, Rumor Has It, has all the qualities to make it in the movie world-great actors and a great storyline.
Jennifer Anniston plays the role of Sarah Huttinger. Sarah is engaged to be married and suddenly finds herself unsure of who she is, based on a slip of tongue from her grandmother, Katherine, played by Shirley MacLaine.
When Katherine lets it slip at Sarah’s sister’s wedding that Sarah’s mother almost didn’t get married, Sarah begins to put the pieces together. Knowing that at the same time her mother had run off with someone else, a rumor started about a young woman running off with a young man who had been seduced by her mother. This rumor turned into a book and eventually became a film, “The Graduate
With Shirley MacLaine as Sarah’s grandmother, Katharine, the movie is hilarious and she plays the part to extreme. Katharine only wants to protect everyone from hearing the truth about what happened with her daughter and their “common” lover. However, Sarah pushes on and discovers more than what she expected.
What Sarah discovers is Beau Burroughs, played by Kevin Costner. Beau not only slept with Sarah’s mother, but also her grandmother. Sarah tells Beau that “Maybe every girl in my family has to sleep with you.” Beau states to Sarah, “Well, I don’t know if they have to, but they certainly have.” To Sarah, Beau represents excitement and adventure and she, too falls under his spell.
This movie is hilarious and is a must see. While the character of Sarah is not quite as interesting as “the book Sarah”, Shirley MacLaine does an outstanding job of the playing the “Mrs. Robinson” of the film. If you remember “The Graduate
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