The Bachelor (1999) (1999)
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9% of critics liked it
(67 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(35,153 ratings)
In this romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmie, the grandson of an eccentric millionaire. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Jimmie learns that he stands to inherit $100 million on his 30th birthday. There's only one stipulation: Jimmie has to be married to get the money.… More In this romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmie, the grandson of an eccentric millionaire. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Jimmie learns that he stands to inherit $100 million on his 30th birthday. There's only one stipulation: Jimmie has to be married to get the money. And he is going to turn 30 in 24 hours. Jimmie and his sweetheart (Renee Zellweger) have already been talking about marriage, but she thinks it's wrong to marry for the money. The Bachelor co-stars James Cromwell, Brooke Shields, and singer Mariah Carey in her acting debut. This story was filmed before in Buster Keaton's silent classic, Seven Chances. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gary Sinyor, Steve Cohen
- Written By
- Steve Cohen
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- In Theaters
- Nov 5, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Viewers have almost two hours to become thoroughly disgusted
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Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
You know a movie is desperately overreaching when Peter Ustinov, affecting a dreadful southern accent as Jimmy's grandfather, must yell into a megaphone for no apparent reason: 'The human condition!'
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Betsy Sherman, Boston Globe
Probably the best that can be said about The Bachelor is that it gave a lot of work to female extras.
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Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The funny thing is, nobody who made The Bachelor seems to notice that the script pinpoints its own formulaic emptiness before wheezing on to its foregone happy ending.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
O'Donnell, former teen idol/Boy Wonder, has always proven to be far less beefcake than rice cake.
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Cast
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Chris O'Donnell
as Jimmy Shannon
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Renée Zellweger
as Anne
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Hal Holbrook
as O'Dell
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James Cromwell
as Priest
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Artie Lange
as Marco
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Edward Asner
as Gluckman
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Marley Shelton
as Natalie
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Sarah Silverman
as Carolyn
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Stacy Edwards
as Zoe
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Rebecca Cross
as Stacey
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Jennifer Esposito
as Daphne
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Katharine Towne
as Monique
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Peter Ustinov
as Grandad
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Mariah Carey
as Ilana
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Brooke Shields
as Buckley
- Chris O' Donnell