Little Black Book (2004)

Regisseur:

Nick Hurran

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Melissa Carter (story)
Melissa Carter (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

6. August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze | Drama

Werbezeile:

Have you ever been tempted to look inside his...

Plot:

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.

Plot Keywords:

Betrayal | Stirrups | Humiliation | Dating | Diary

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

The cast shines in this decent comedy

Besetzung

Brittany Murphy	...	Stacy
Holly Hunter	...	Barb
Kathy Bates	...	Kippie Kann
Ron Livingston	...	Derek
Julianne Nicholson	...	Joyce
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Carl
Kevin Sussman	...	Ira
Rashida Jones	...	Dr. Rachel Keyes
Josie Maran	...	Lulu Fritz
Jason Antoon	...	Larry
Sharon Lawrence	...	Mom
Gavin Rossdale	...	Random
Cress Williams	...	Phil
Dave Annable	...	Bean
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Production Assistant

Alternativ:

Ex-Freundinnen meines Freundes, Die (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor and language.

Länge:

111 Min | Canada:105 Min (Ontario)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:LH | France:U | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40118) | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Australia:PG

Drehorte:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Revolution Studios

Dies und das:

When Stacy confronts Barb on camera backstage, the monitor above their heads appears to flip the image, but it's not a monitor, it's the back of the projection screen from the main televised image that is the centrepiece of the Kippie Kann Show stage's back wall.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Dr. Keyes gives Stacy a copy of her book, Stacy is seen holding the vitamin bottle Dr. Keyes gave to her earlier. Then in the second shot the bottle disappears, then reappears in the third shot.

Dialogzitate:

Dr. Rachel Keyes: Why don't you just relax, Barbara?
Stacy: Okay.
Dr. Rachel Keyes: I'm just going to put your feet in these stirrups.
Stacy: Stirrups?
[gasps]
Stacy: A gynecologist? Not a podiatrist? 10-to-1 those aren't for the opera!
Dr. Rachel Keyes: And we'll have a little look-see.
Stacy: Look-see? Where?
Dr. Rachel Keyes: Oops! Someone left their panties on!
Stacy: Oops!
[...]

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Soundtrack:

Hallelujah

The cast shines in this decent comedy

Little Black Book is a decent romantic comedy and it was a lot better then I expected it to be. Brittany Murphy is Stacy Holt, a television talk show producer angry that her former boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) won't discuss his ex-girlfriends. With the help of a co-worker (Holly Hunter), she snoops into his Palm Pilot (the modern day equivalent of the title) and starts to interview them, only to find out that some of them are a little less "ex" than she presumed. The plot had a lot of potential and the cast carries the film decently but it could had been a lot better. Brittany Murphy was very good in this film and I think she will be a big movie star one day, she just needs better roles. Holly Hunter is also very good as Barb and she's entertaining to watch. Ron Livingston plays Derek and he's pretty good but not memorable. Rounding out the main part of the cast is Kathy Bates as Kippy Kan and she's funny in this film. I think the reason most people didn't like the movie was because there wasn't one character to feel sorry for. All of the characters were mean and hard to like which kills the movie. Little Black Book is a romantic comedy in the loosest definition of the word as its more of a dark comedy and romantic comedies also tend to have likable characters. There were some funny moments but not enough to sustain its running time. Nick Hurran does a decent job of directing and lucky for him he has a great cast. I really liked the ending because it was different and wasn't the typical ending that Hollywood films usually have. Also if you like Carly Simon then your in luck since you can hear her music throughout the film and she has a cameo. Rating 6/10 now that its out on video it may be worth a look just don't expect to much from it.