Romance triple-play
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 04/19/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"WARNER HOME VIDEO's ROMANTIC COMEDY COLLECTION is a triple-feature done almost right: each movie gets its own disc and quality of transfers is excellent. Note that these are not in widescreen format, however.
SYNOPSES--
MUST LOVE DOGS-- Being listed at an internet dating service by her nosy sister provides a recently-divorced pre-school teacher with some unusual blind dates.
RUMOR HAS IT...-- Could it be true? Were Sarah's mom and grandma two sides of the love triangle depicted in the book and movie "The Graduate"? Sarah travels to San Francisco in search of the triangle's hypotenuse, that is, the real-life Benjamin Braddock. Rob Reiner film includes archive footage of Mike Nichols' 1968 Hoffman/Bancroft blockbuster.
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS-- Four close friends stay in touch over their first summer apart by sharing their individual adventures, along with a special pair of jeans that fits them all perfectly. (Ernie Lively, Blake's dad, plays her character's father in the film.)
PERFECT DATE MOVIES, Vol. 1 (from FOX) is a nicely-priced 4-pack of romantically themed films.
Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(5.9) Must Love Dogs (2005) - Diane Lane/John Cusack/Elizabeth Perkins/Christopher Plummer/Dermot Mulroney/Stockard Channing (minor role: Brad Hall)
(5.6) Rumor Has It.... (2005) - Jennifer Anniston/Kevin Costner/Shirley MacLaine/Mark Ruffalo/Christopher McDonald (uncredited: Anne Bancroft/Kathy Bates/George Hamilton/Dustin Hoffman)
(7.0) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) - Amber Tamblyn/Alexis Bledel/America Ferrera/Blake Lively/Nancy Travis/Rachel Ticotin"