View from the Top

Starring:Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Mike Myers, Marc Blucas, Stacey Dash, Jon Polito, Concetta Tomei, Robyn Peterson, Nadia Dajani, John Francis Daley, Chelsey Cole, Troy Evans, David Hayward (II), Jorge R. Hernandez, Duane King
Director: Bruno Barreto
Studio: Miramax Films
Product Type: DVD

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An ingeniously campy and enormously entertaining piece of fluff, View from the Top stars the impossibly lithe Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a white-trash girl with dreams of escaping her dead-end life by becoming an international flight attendant. Her destiny is complicated by a sweet guy (Mark Ruffalo) who just wants to live with his family in Cleveland and by a sister stewardess (Christina Applegate) who stabs Donna in the back. View from the Top doesn't take itself seriously, yet takes itself just seriously enough--Donna and the rest of the characters treat their absurdly candy-colored world as if it mattered. As Donna experiences the world and improves her fashion sense, the result is both hilarious and hilariously touching. Also featuring Mike Myers, Kelly Preston, and Candice Bergen as Donna's visionary mentor. --Bret Fetzer

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Academy Award(R)-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Best Actress, 1998; SHALLOW HAL) stars in this hilarious comedy hit about a small-town girl who's about to get a taste of the big-time world! No one thought Donna (Paltrow) would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream! The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for! Also starring Christina Applegate (TV's MARRIED WITH CHILDREN), Rob Lowe (AUSTIN POWERS Trilogy, TOMMY BOY), Kelly Preston (WHAT A GIRL WANTS, JERRY MAGUIRE), and Candice Bergen (SWEET HOME ALAMBAMA, MISS CONGENIALITY), this charmingly funny treat will send your spirits soaring!

Customer Reviews:

A GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY MYERS IS HYSTERICAL.......2007-04-12

OK this film isn't going to win any awards, but it is a fun good natured movie that I found very easy to watch. Mike Myers gets the most mileage out of his small part! It's cute, the girls are sexy and its fairly funny.....hey! what do you want? The DVD has a good transfer too.

nothing special .......2007-01-27

This movie starts with promise of a bagfull of laughs but doesn't quite deliver. With a very promising cast of Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike Myers and Christina Applegate you rub your hands together and prepare to be entertained. But this film seems be confused about which genre it would prefer to lie in. It starts off trying to be Happy Gilmore with flight attendants but ends up being a serious Rom-Com about a girl who is struggling to decide what she wants from life. If you watch it you'll realize that as soon as Whitley (mike myers) finishes training Donna(Paltrow) the fun is taken from the movie and what remains is a very average film with aeroplanes and girls in strange outfits!

The movies saving grace is therefore Myers and is worth watching solely for his performance, you could even say that fast forwarding the parts without him would increase this movies viewablity tenfold. Or just watch the trailer!

Short Skirts, Big Hair, and Service With a Smile!.......2006-03-15

How this movie adds up to more than the sum of its parts is difficult to explain without seeing it, but suspend disbelief (and pocket that cineaste elitism for a mo') and read on ...

First, Gwyneth Paltrow can do white trash girl with a heart of gold really, really well, as she's proven in other films (Duets comes to mind). She's got a great range. The woman won an Oscar, remember? She didn't grab the statue for this movie, but she's got the chops and she runs away with the role of Donna, the trailer park girl from Nevada with big dreams.

Second, Christina Applegate is deliciously duplicitious in the role of her friend and protege, and is proof that trash in Chanel's clothing is still ... well, trash. Then again, standing next to Gwyneth Paltrow, who isn't going to look somewhat less-than? (OK, so I'm biased. This is my disclaimer).

Third, Mike Meyers as flight attendant trainer? How funny is this? Do you love Mike Meyers? Why haven't you seen this movie yet? Not optional. A MUST OWN. He is high-larious, and the bloopers at the end of the movie are worth the price of a rental alone. ("I am a kitten ... ")

Fourth: The writing. No, not the plot, which is predictably formulaic and fairly predictable. What makes this movie pop like Jiffy is the way these actors take it and make it their own. What comes through loud and clear is how much fun these folks were having making this film. It is a romp! View From The Top could well have been called "Over The Top" because in some ways it is.

If the Farrelly Brothers has been Farrelly Sisters and made a kinder, gentler romantic comedy, I think this is precisely the kind of movie they'd have made.

I love it. So sue me. It's a riot, and it's heart warming to boot. More "love it" features include "don't hate me because I'm from the 80's" musical valentines (Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer"), and mouthwatering scenes of Paris (with Gwyneth strolling along the Seine wearing a beret looking oh so soignee).

A guilty, fat-free pleasure -- lather, rinse, repeat!

Very good!.......2006-01-23

This was a cute movie. I saw it on TV, so I'm sure it was edited, but what I saw was good. I really had no idea what type of movie it was going to be, but there was nothing else on yesterday afternoon, so I decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised!

This is a feel-good comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, and Mike Myers. You could wonder how a movie about flight attendants could be good, but this one pulled it off. If you go into it expecting nothing, as I did, you should have no problem coming away from watching it feeling like you haven't wasted 2 hours of your life. I thought it was refreshing and I recommend it to anyone who loves movies that mean nothing and have happy endings!

I plan to buy it so I can see the unedited version and because I think it will make an excellent addition to my collection which includes other feel-good girlie movies such as Legally Blonde 1 and 2 and Where the Heart is.

A Sweet Movie.......2005-11-14

View From the Top is not as bad a many people would have you believe. In fact, it's quite entertaining. First of all, don't take it seriously, because it's just a fluff romantic comedy. If you keep that in perspective, you'll really enjoy this film.

The story is centered around Donna, a woman from the trailer parks of Nevada who hopes to escape from the type of life her mother leads. She thinks she has found the ticket in the high school quarterback who promises to take her places, but in the end, he dumps her. In a fit of depression, she ends up watching daytime TV in a bar, and she sees the interview of a famous flight attendant. Her dreams take off from there as she struggles to make her dreams come true.

The only weak point in this film is Mike Meyers who places the flight attendant trainer. Some of his jokes fall flat and at times it seems he is recycling some of his Dr. Evil character. Other than that, I think you'll enjoy this. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Average customer rating:

A GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY MYERS IS HYSTERICAL
nothing special
Short Skirts, Big Hair, and Service With a Smile!
Very good!
A Sweet Movie

View from the Top [Region 2]
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow , Christina Applegate , Mark Ruffalo , Candice Bergen , and Joshua Malina
Director: Bruno Barreto
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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