Rumor Has It...

Name: Rumor Has It...
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: December 25, 2005
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 35
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Mark Ruffalo, Shirley MacLaine

2005

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Mark Ruffalo, Shirley MacLaine

Summary: Sarah Huttinger (Aniston) is in a fog. She's finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff (Ruffalo), but isn't at all sure that marriage is what she really wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. ItSarah Huttinger (Aniston) is in a fog. She's finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff (Ruffalo), but isn't at all sure that marriage is what she really wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have the answers she's looking for (Costner). (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Director: Rob Reiner

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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Roger Ebert

This is not a great movie, but it's very watchable and has some good laughs. The casting of Aniston is crucial, because she's the heroine of this story, and the way it's put together there's danger of her becoming the shuttlecock. Aniston has the presence to pull it off. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

Aniston gets marooned here: Her comic instincts are muted by all the identity angst, yet there isn't sufficient dramatic material into which she can sink her teeth. Costner strolls through this role with disarming ease. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

The movie has that fatal triptych that is becoming Reiner's romantic-comedy signature: drippy sentiment, zany scenes that trivialize the characters and a horror of adventure. Read full review

James Berardinelli

An unfocused mess, with poor chemistry all around and an ending that's as firm and satisfying as an overcooked noodle. Read full review

Empire Olly Richards

Inspired by The Graduate it may be, but despite Aniston’s charm, this confused comedy will not be seducing anybody. Read full review

Dana Stevens

I suppose Rumor Has It could be worse, though at the moment I'm at a loss to say just how. Read full review

Marrit Ingman

Fans of "The Graduate" should skip this strange comedy. Read full review

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BrittanyM.

Feb 7, 2006

girls will enjoy this movie. I thought it was very funny. Me and my girl friend went and saw it without guys and we had a blast! I would definitely see it again.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I quite enjoyed this movie, it isn't the same as some/most romantic comedies in that its not all 'lovey-dovey', its more a case of following Sarah's journey to discover the truth about her family and her father. It is quite funny in parts, I liked the story because I suppose it is quite plausible or it seemed it anyway and the characters were all quite well portrayed and interesting, from Sarah's recently wed sister, who is rather hysterical, to Sarah's quirky grandmother, who is rather sharp witted and has some interesting opinions to married life.

You'll perhaps be glad to know that there's little in the way of sex scenes in this movie, although thats not to say that there are none, just its not as prevelent as you might expect or fear, its really about what happened in the past more than whats going on then, for the most part anyway. I had to wonder about the character of Beau Burroughs, given what we find out about him and what had happened, is this some sort of mythical, fictional character or what? I guess there are people like that out there but I don't know, as much as the movie did seem fairly believeable, there's something about that guy that made me wonder, I suppose!, certainly some family members are less than impressed with him and he is a curious character, being clearly quite wealthy and having some hold on the Huttinger family.

There's something about Jennifer Anistons performance that seemed perhaps a little over the top, although I appreciate that of course its quite an emotional performance that she had to give when playing a character that suddenly realises she has to question her mothers past and potentially who her father is but the amount of time on screen that she gives these intense stares and suchlike, its maybe a little too critical of me but I felt that perhaps it was a bit over the top.

This isn't a movie to take too seriously but its quite entertaining, I like that the story is something different and the characters are quite interesting, so its worth a watch. I don't think I can say much more without giving the plot away really.

Its quite an entertaining movie that I enjoyed, its not too tawdry and its not too boring either, its quite amusing at points with some interesting characters and a curious story, so yes, I would recommend it.… Expand

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RichardG

Dec 29, 2005

Enjoyable to watch. Anniston, Costner and McLaine are so good that I liked it in spite of the lack of a competent script and the presence of a non-actor (Mark Rufalo) as a main character. Could have been a really smart movie, but it feels like the studio "script doctors" have been at it Enjoyable to watch. Anniston, Costner and McLaine are so good that I liked it in spite of the lack of a competent script and the presence of a non-actor (Mark Rufalo) as a main character. Could have been a really smart movie, but it feels like the studio "script doctors" have been at it again. About 500 times better fare than "The Family Stone."… Expand

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Jan 12, 2006

Waste of time. Our group's opinions ranged from forgettable to worst movie of the year so far.

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LarryT.

Apr 17, 2006

A real dud. They took a decent premise and turned into a sitcom that lasted an hour and a half.

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JeffS

Dec 30, 2005

I'll summarize how awfl this movie is by simply saying that my wife (a big Aniston fan) apologized to me for having to sit through it and is going to let me pick the next two movies in return.

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Leroy

Dec 24, 2005

Sucked!

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