Movies Released December 12, 2003

Released Friday, December 12th

90%

3.8 / 5

(10)

Love Don't Cost a Thing

In this modern update of the classic 1987 teen comedy "Can't Buy Me Love", our hero is high-school senior Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon), a brilliant, likable outcast who has come to regret the years of intellectual endeavors that prevented him and his un-hip friends from socializing, getting girlfriends and hanging out with the super-cool "Elite" kids. When queen of the Elites, Paris Morgan (Christina Milian) wrecks her mother's car, Alvin steps in and mortgages his future to help her out. The catch: In exchange for $1500 in car parts and Alvin's automotive expertise, Paris agrees to "fake a front" with him to convince the school that they're dating. The question is: can Alvin rein in his newfound ego before he loses his true friends, his chance for a scholarship and a shot at a real relationship with Paris?

Christina Milian, Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson, Troy Beyer, Nick Cannon, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kal Penn, Nichole Robinson

PG-13 Comedy Romance

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3.8 / 5

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75%

4.7 / 5

(3)

Stuck on You

A comedy about the oppositional relationship that evolves between a set of Siamese twins--conjoined at the torso--named Bob and Walt. They have used their "disability" throughout life to great advantage; for example, they excelled in High School by using the fact that they are joined at the hip to their advantage in sports, where they were a great hockey goalie and wrestling champion. Unfortunately, their different life goals may begin to threaten their happy union, as they vowed they would never split up. So, after graduation Walt wants to go to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, and although Bob opposes the move, he begrudgingly goes along. When the twins get to Los Angeles, the duo soon finds themselves landing a job on a TV show starring Cher, which results in quick fame and fortune, but will the new changes in their lives ultimately drive the twins apart?

Matt Damon, Al Pacino, Charles Wessler, Greg Kinnear, Cher, Eva Mendes, Kristofer Meyer, Peter Farrelly

PG-13 Comedy

75% WILL SEE

4.7 / 5

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91%

4.8 / 5

(4)

Something's Gotta Give

New York City music executive Harry Langer (Jack Nicholson) is a man of some age and experience who generally dates younger women. His world is turned upside-down, however, when he has a heart attack while visiting the East Hampton beach home of the divorced playwright mother, Erica (Diane Keaton), of his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin (Amanda Peet). With his girlfriend having gone back to the city, Harry is left in the care of Erica and his doctor (Keanu Reeves), but the two men soon find themselves competing with each other, as they both fall in love with the same woman... the mom.

Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Nancy Myers, Jon Favreau, Nancy Meyers, Jack Nicholson

PG-13 Comedy Romance

91% WILL SEE

4.8 / 5

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80%

Crust

Normally, the mantis shrimp only grows to about a foot long or so, but in this movie, a seven-foot-long one shows up in England (by way of the Philippines). Pub owner and failed boxer Bill (Kevin McNally) buys the creature, seeing it as his chance to become rich and famous, training the ferocious crustacean to box. Hitting the road with his amateur boxer best friend, Steve (Perry Fitzpatrick), a trainee hairdresser (Louise Mardenborough) and the giant sea creature, Bill heads to London to convince a TV network to feature the crustacean on an 'American Gladiators'-style event hosted by Ulrika Jonsson.

Naomie Harris, Perry Fitzpatrick, Mark Locke, Kevin McNally, Louise Mardenborough, Madhav Sharma, Enzo Cilenti, Ulrika Jonsson

Action Adventure

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3 / 5

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his six children, his jealous pregnant wife and his uncommunicative mother-in-law. Tensions arise when Vermeer's wife suspects intimacy between her husband and the girl--and then climax, when the wife discovers that Griet borrowed her precious pearl earrings to sit for the now famous portrait.

Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Cillian Murphy, Judy Parfitt, Peter Webber, Tom Wilkinson, Essie Davis, Alakina Mann

PG-13 Drama

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3 / 5

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