Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

muons In a plot custom made for H. Grant, he stars as an award winning script writer who flounders in his career and personal life. Falling from grace after some unsuccessful projects and a divorce, he lands on teaching position in a college among cliche characters: an ex-marine dean, a stern English literature scholar with whom he's at odds, etc. As could be predicted even without seeing the movie, he immediately gets into trouble with a sour turning relationship with one of his students while flirting with Marisa Tomei, a single mom who juggles low paying jobs while dancing and also finding time and money for Grant's course all at the same time. M. Tomei balances Grant's depression and introversion with her radiance and exuberance. This is a typical H. Grant movie with the gravity of a soap bubble. In general, the cast and acting are good with details like classroom scenes being a bit fluffy and slapdash job. Compared to the similar work "Did you hear about Morgans?", Rewrite hands down is the improved one because there's no wasted effort for contrived comedy and M. Tomei is a better cast than S. J. Parker in a similar role.

Franklie If you're a fan of Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, and Marc Lawrence movies (Two Weeks Notice, Miss Congeniality), then you'll like this one, especially the Hugh Grant one-liners. The rest of the actors are perfect too.We would have given it ten stars if the language hadn't stepped into the "ew" category a time or two and if they hadn't made the nerd character so uncool. We know lots of geeks and nerds and they are awesomely cool.Otherwise, we loved it and plan to watch it again and recommend it to others.

SnoopyStyle Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) is a sharp-tongued Oscar-winning screenplay writer of the popular "Paradise Misplaced". That was 15 years ago and he has fewer options now. His agent gets him a job teaching a screen writing course at Binghamton University in upstate New York. He sleeps with college student Karen before even starting his class. Dr. Lerner (J.K. Simmons) is the department chairman and he's fighting with Jane Austen expert Professor Mary Weldon (Allison Janney). He doesn't believe in teaching writing, and picks mostly hot girls with a couple of nerdy guys for his class. He is hounded by single mom Holly Carpenter (Marisa Tomei) who really wants to be a writer.Hugh Grant is having a bit of fun spreading his charm around whether it's wanted or not. He reunites with Marc Lawrence but the writing could be sharper. It is filled with quips from Grant but not all of it sticks. Tomei is lovely and I wish the movie concentrated on her more. In a rom-com, she needs to have more screen time. Also she is too nice and perfect. It doesn't lend itself for outrageous fun. She's kindly charming. The movie has a great cast and they keep the middling material chugging along.

studioAT After the slight dip in quality that was 'Did you hear about the Morgan?' it was nice to see Marc Lawrence and Hugh Grant re team for a fourth time on this film.Of all four films they've made together I think that this one maybe the strongest. Yes, the plot is slightly similar to 'Music and Lyrics' and there is a lot of Hugh Grant doing what we have seen him do lots of times before, but what is great is that this film goes a step further and we actually get to see some depth to the characters and there is some real poignancy as well.Whereas 'Morgans' felt like it very much rested on the heads of the leads this film is boosted by the fact you have the great Allison Janney, J.K Simmons and Chris Elliot all along for the ride.Oddly this film didn't get much media attention upon its release and is rather a forgotten stable mate of the more successful 'Two Weeks Notice' and the previously mentioned 'Music and Lyrics'. I'd say though if you enjoyed those films this one is well worth hunting out.