Product: The Bachelor (1999)
Rating: 4.0
A Charming Romantic Comedy
If you are looking for a thought provoking, intellectual commentary on the state of society, this is not the movie for you. But, if you are looking for a movie you can pop in and sit back and enjoy with a bowl of popcorn, then this is the movie for you.Chris O'Donnell is Jimmy, a devout bachelor with commitment problems. He is totally in love with girlfriend Anne (Renne Zellweger) but when it comes to the idea of marriage he just can't pull the trigger. So how does this turn into an enjoyable piece of comedy? Jimmy's grandfather dies, and leaves him one-hundred million dollars, but in order to collect it, Jimmy has to get married... within 24 hours! Sure it's unbelievable, and sure it's even outrageous at times. But isn't that why we go to the movies?O'Donnell is funny and charming, and Zellweger is as adorable as ever. (What guy wouldn't want to marry her?) The cast is filled out nicely by Ed Asner, Hal Holbrook, and Arte Lange (The Norm Show) with cameos by Brooke Shields, and Mariah Carey, not to mention the thousands of women running through the streets of San Francisco in their wedding dresses.Whether you rent it or buy it, I am confidant that you will enjoy it as much as I did.