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'Rumor Has It...' is as fresh as a subpar sitcom
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

You know how you wish "The Godfather: Part III" didn't exist — how it's a taint on the first two "Godfather" movies? It's the same with "Rumor Has It ...," a crass attempt to cash in on the legend of "The Graduate." Jennifer Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, a woman from "old money" Pasadena who becomes convinced her family was the real-life model for Charles Webb's 1963 novel (on which the 1967 movie was based) about a 21-year-old guy who pursues the daughter of the 42-year-old woman who just seduced him. As in Anne Bancroft and "Here's to you Mrs. Robinson..." Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend, but isn't at all sure that marriage is what she really wants. Returning home to attend her sister's wedding, she stumbles onto a family secret that prompts her to question her roots and sets her off in search of the man who may have the answers she's looking for.

FILM FACTS ...

Warner Brothers Pictures

'Rumor Has It'

Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins
Run time: 96 minutes
Release date: Dec. 25, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D
"...the kind of a movie whose idea of a joke is to repeat the phrase 'blunt testicular trauma' as many times as possible. "

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Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"... doesn't have the stink of disaster one might expect. It just isn't very interesting."

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The Palm Beach Post: D+
"It is the stuff of sure-fire farce, but (screenwriter T.M.) Griffin wants to make some serious statement about love and marriage instead, and director Rob Reiner provides him with a perplexingly dour tone."