Movies starring Gwyneth Paltrow
In the wake of the massive and massively successful The Avengers, Iron Man 3 wisely doesn't attempt to outdo its immediate superhero predecessor when it comes to big-time action, pyrotechnics, and special effects. Instead, it opts for something a l...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Shane Black
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, ...
The Bostonians. A Room With A View. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Howards End. The Remains of the Day. These represent the best of Merchant-Ivory -- a category in which their latest, Jefferson in Paris, does not belong. Nevertheless, although this exa...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, ...
"[Dorothy Parker] was a groundbreaker in a lot of ways. In her day, to write captions and fashion stories was about all that a woman writer could aspire to. Dorothy had the respect of her peers. But she was also a critic, and I think she worked ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, ...
Maybe it's my math/engineering background, but I found Proof to be fascinating both on the stage and on the screen. Actually, appreciation of the film demands little math knowledge (aside from recognizing that a "proof" is a logical set of equatio...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, ...
When I first heard the title of this movie, I thought it was a great ploy to release it around Christmas. Then I realized it was "Tenenbaums", not "Tannenbaums"... so much for that idea. Actually, Touchstone has elected a year-end release because...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, ...
Running with Scissors is not a pleasant movie. The problem isn't that it's a downer, although it is, but that it's a tiresome trek into familiar territory populated by one-dimensional stereotypes. Perhaps calculating that more is better, Running ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, ...
Frequently, mystery/thrillers present us with a cast of about six or seven characters, set up a sequence of grizzly murders, then "surprise" us by revealing which of those six or seven characters is the guilty party. It's a time-honored method...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, ...
In 1998, there have been two films about space debris on a collision course with Earth, two animated insect movies, and now two tales about life during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Granted, there's a yawning chasm in tone between the dark, treach...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, ...
Since they burst upon the motion picture scene with Dumb and Dumber, the Farrelly Brothers, Bobby and Peter, have been known as the Kings of Vulgar Comedy. So, given the Farrellys' reputation and a title with the word "shallow" in it, one might ea...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-11-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, ...
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is about 70% style and 30% substance. It has a plot and characters, but those are almost beside the point. They are devices that function as hooks upon which first-time director Kerry Conran can hang his amaz...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Kerry Conran
Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, ...