Rumor Has It... (2005)

Director:

Rob Reiner

Writer (WGA):

Ted Griffin (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Based on a true rumor.

Plot:

Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Rumor | Wedding | Marriage | Grandmother

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Sarah Huttinger
Kevin Costner	...	Beau Burroughs
Shirley MacLaine	...	Katharine Richelieu
Mark Ruffalo	...	Jeff Daly
Richard Jenkins	...	Earl Huttinger
Christopher McDonald	...	Roger McManus
Steve Sandvoss	...	Scott
Mena Suvari	...	Annie Huttinger
Mike Vogel	...	Blake Burroughs
Rob Lanza	...	New Year's Eve M.C. (as Robert Lanza)
Lisa Vachon	...	Young Katharine
Trevor Stock	...	Young Beau
Jennifer Taylor	...	Jocelyn Richelieu
Marcia Ann Burrs	...	Pasadenan Wife
Lynn Wanlass	...	Pasadenan Wife

Also Known As:

Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title)
Otherwise Engaged (USA) (working title)
Untitled 'The Graduate' Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Jennifer Aniston Graduate Comedy (USA) (working title)
Untitled Rob Reiner Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Ted Griffin Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Australia:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-3 | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:AL | Iceland:L | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Early in the film's pre-production stages, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft were strongly considered for the roles of Beau Burroughs and Katherine Richelieu. But when Bancroft died and Hoffman had filming commitments for several other projects, the roles were given to Kevin Costner and Shirley MacLaine.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Sarah and Beau talks in front of the house in the end. She says that she is now 1 year older than her mother was when she died - which would make her mother 29 when she died, since she was in Cabo 30 years ago. So how could Sarah have been 9 years old when her mother died?

Quotes:

Sarah: If you're gonna marry someone you might as well marry your best friend.

Movie Connections:

References Titanic (1997)

Soundtrack:

Bloody Mary

A film that proves rumors are bad, really bad

About halfway into the film, a few peripheral characters begin discussing movies, classic movies--Chinatown, Casablanca, the Graduate. One asks, "why don't movies like this get made anymore?" An ironic question indeed for a film that is 8 billion light years away from even hoping to be in the company of such films and spends the entirety of its screen time ripping off (poorly) classic films. I'd rather they re-release truly original, inspired films like the ones they mar than throw them in a blender and see what hodge-podge comes out.

Jennifer Aniston deserves a nod for flailing discreetly in the wimpy script and for acting like she even wanted to stand near Kevin Cosner, who has all the sexual magnetism of a dry flounder.

The movie-- if it does anything-- does one thing, it proves Shirley McClain's got it and she can fake it even when given a bad script. I give it a 3 because I laughed at least twice, Shirley McClain gets a point for sauciness, and the final point for the studio that had the audacity to have a love connection between a girl and someone who not 5 minutes before she thought was her father--wowzer.

Skip it. Rent the graduate. Rent Casablanca. Make Hollywood give us better films.