Tag Archives: marriage

Christmas with the Kranks

IMDB Rating: 4.60
4414 votes

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Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Actors
Luther KrankTim Allen
Nora KrankJamie Lee Curtis
Vic FrohmeyerDan Aykroyd
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

Meet the Fockers

IMDB Rating: 6.40
32714 votes

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Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg's parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. As asked in the first movie, what sort of people name their son Gaylord M. Focker?
Actors
Jack ByrnesRobert De Niro
Greg FockerBen Stiller
Bernie FockerDustin Hoffman
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (3)

The Stepford Wives

IMDB Rating: 5.20
10503 votes

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Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) is a successful TV producer on the verge of yet another Emmy-winning streak of TV shows when she is fired from her job at a prestigious network. She then has a mental breakdown and her husband Walter (Matthew Broderick) and their two children (Dylan Hartigan, Fallon Brooking) move to Stepford, Conneticut, the most perfectly perfect little town there ever was. The women of Stepfrod spend all day knitting, gardening, exercising in beautiful dresses, and are the most splendid of all women on Earth. Soon, Joanna along with her best-selling author buddy, Bobbie (Bette Midler) and Democratic, flamboyant fairy friend Roger (Roger Bart) realize that something isn't right in Stepford. All is not as perfect as it seems...especially after Roger and Bobbie are turned into perfect portraits of Stepford. Why are the women of Stepfrod so perfect? What do the Stepford Husabnds have to do with the scheme? Will Joanna ultimately uncover the truth? Or are the Stepford coming for her to make her a blonde, bubbly piece of perfection?
Actors
Joanna EberhartNicole Kidman
Walter KresbyMatthew Broderick
Bobbie MarkowitzBette Midler
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (3)

Along Came Polly

IMDB Rating: 5.80
18788 votes

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Can a risk-averse insurance salesman on the rebound from his bride's infidelity (during their honeymoon) find happiness with a waitress he knew in junior high who's averse to commitment? Reuben is a sweet klutz who's ready to settle down but sees in her a chance to recover from disappointment and have some fun; Polly is a sweet itinerant, not ready to settle down but sees a chance to spend time with a nice guy who likes her. What will he do when his bride comes crawling back? What will Polly do, when he runs the numbers and thinks she's a good risk? Sub-plots involve his self-centered pal, who's a has-been actor, and an assignment to assess the insurability of a balls-out Aussie.
Actors
Reuben FefferBen Stiller
Polly PrinceJennifer Aniston
Sandy LylePhilip Seymour Hoffman
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Romance | Comments (2)

Laws of Attraction

IMDB Rating: 5.70
4851 votes

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This is the story of two New York divorce attorneys (Moore, Brosnan) who are often competing against each other, but end up in a relationship nonetheless. When they get married, can they avoid the same issues at home that lead people to provide them business at work? One of the central cases in the story is the heavily-publicized divorce of a rock star (Sheen) from his wife (Posey)...
Actors
Daniel RaffertyPierce Brosnan
Audrey WoodsJulianne Moore
Thorne JamisonMichael Sheen
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Romance | Comments (1)

Ladder 49

IMDB Rating: 6.50
13068 votes

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Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Assistant Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.
Actors
Keith PerezJay Hernandez
Jack MorrisonJoaquin Phoenix
Captain Mike KennedyJohn Travolta
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

Cellular

IMDB Rating: 6.50
15424 votes

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A young man (Evans) receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman (Basinger) who says she's been kidnapped, and thinks she's going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. The catch? She doesn't know where she is... and his cell phone battery might go dead soon.
Actors
Marilyn MooneyCaroline Aaron
Irate Customer #1Brenda Ballard
EthanJason Statham
Also posted in 2004, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

The Passion of the Christ

IMDB Rating: 7.20
54134 votes

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The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
Actors
Rosalinda Celentano
Sergio Rubini
JesusJames Caviezel
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (7)

Daddy Day Care

IMDB Rating: 5.60
7072 votes

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In the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care, two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care", and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) ...who has driven all previous competitors out of business.
Actors
Charlie HintonEddie Murphy
PhilJeff Garlin
MarvinSteve Zahn
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

House of Sand and Fog

IMDB Rating: 7.70
15956 votes

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Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house's former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.
Actors
KathyJennifer Connelly
BehraniBen Kingsley
LesterRon Eldard
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)