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The Bachelor

1999 · 101 min

A frantic, silly romantic scramble that feels like a lighthearted race against time with occasional slapstick chaos.

Tagline
One thousand brides. One hundred million dollars. Jimmie Shannon is about to discover the true value of love.
Overview
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • greed
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Gary Sinyor
Written by
Steve Cohen
Starring
Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Artie Lange, Ed Asner, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Marley Shelton, Peter Ustinov
Music
David A. Hughes, John Murphy
Cinematography
Simon Archer
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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