The Story of Us

The Story of Us (1999)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (81 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (30,323 ratings)

Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this romantic comedy as Ben and Katie Jordan, a couple who have been married for fifteen years. They have two great kids, a nice home, and a comfortable life, but somewhere down the line, the spark went out of their marriage, and they find that they… More

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Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 15, 1999 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    This Story doesn't really deliver it.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    This one gets stuck in a rut pretty early on and has difficulty rising out of it.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    Pungent, funny, and surprisingly forceful.

  • Susan Stark, Detroit News

    The whole has a skittish quality.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    You almost want this couple to divorce.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Martin S


    Hey...If I want relationship trouble I'll get a wife and start picking on all that she does. Pfeiffer was good though.

  • Dean M


    Director Rob Reiner's somber study of the collapse of a 15-year marriage probably wasn't intended to be so depressing. In using a continual flashback/flashforward style of storytelling, he ends up putting too much emphasis on the bickering between heartbroken mates and not… More

  • Keysha H


    I love this film. Rob Reiner rocks. The story winds as a couple grows apart and somehow back together. Seems to show a true version of love and all that comes with it.

  • Jason S


    This wasn't all that good.

  • Leigh R


    Willis and Pfeiffer are brilliant.

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