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Jun 20, 2003 · "Alex & Emma" is a movie about a guy who has to write a novel in 30 days in order to collect the money from his publisher to pay two gamblers who will otherwise kill him. So he hires a stenographer to take dictation, and they fall in love. But the thing is, it's a bad novel. Very bad. Every time the author started dictating, I was struck anew by how bad it was--so bad it's not even good ...
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5/10. Cute but too much yada yada yada. =G= 24 December 2003. In "Alex & Emma" Alex, a writer, Alex (Wilson), spends most of the run dictating a romance novel to his stenographer, Emma (Hudson), in his Boston apartment. As the novel develops, Emma becomes more involved in the process and, of course, in Alex. Periodically the film cuts away to ...
She is going through bad economic times, and Adam falls in love, despite the failed temptations of the au pair. As Alex dictates his novel to Emma, the movie cuts away to scenes from the novel, where Adam interacts with a series of nannies, and falls for the last one. As they work together, Emma begins to question his ideas.
Our review: Parents say ( 1 ): Kids say ( 1 ): ALEX AND EMMA gives us two stories, neither especially romantic nor comic. Hudson is so irresistibly charming that it is easy to forget how tepid and uninspired this movie is. It is always a delight to see Hudson's saucer-eyed smile and impeccable timing, but it would be just as entertaining to ...
- Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Rob Reiner
- Rob Reiner
- Warner Bros.
Jun 20, 2003 · Alex & Emma: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Luke Wilson, Derek Barbosa, Lobo Sebastian, Rob Reiner. A writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
- (14K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Rob Reiner
- 2003-06-20
Jun 20, 2003 · Alex & Emma. Directed by Rob Reiner. Comedy, Romance. PG-13. 1h 36m. By Elvis Mitchell. June 20, 2003. The director Rob Reiner likes movies about talkers, guys who chatter to amuse themselves as ...
A romantic comedy: Alex is an author whose writer's block and gambling debts have landed him in a jam. In order get loan sharks off his back, he must finish his novel in 30 days or wind up dead. To help him complete his manuscript he hires stenographer Emma. As Alex begins to dictate his tale of a romantic love triangle to the charming yet ...
