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It's hard to believe that The American President was made by the same man responsible for the no-holds-barred satire of This Is Spinal Tap. Is there any element of American culture more ripe for the humorist's razor-sharp wit than presidential pol...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, ...
With a title like And So It Goes, it would be reasonable to expect something generic and forgettable - and that would be in line with what the film delivers. Everything about the movie is as uninspired as the title. More bland than bad, And So It G...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton, Sterling Jerins, ...
Lately, it seems every time I review a Rob Reiner movie, I lament the fall this once reliable filmmaker has taken. Admittedly, Reiner started at such a pinnacle that there was nowhere to go but down, but it's beyond consideration that the director...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, ...
Flipped is Rob Reiner's best film in 18 years, and includes echoes of two of his most accomplished efforts, The Sure Thing and Stand By Me. It also may be 2010's best romantic comedy. And it is being buried by Warner Brothers because of a concern...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, ...
Rob Reiner has had an amazing string of hits. His resume dotted with such critical and popular successes as This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, and A Few Good Men, Reiner has transformed his Meathead image into that o...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-07-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, ...
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." When William Goldman wrote those words, he did not intend for them to become a fragment of '80s pop culture. When Mandy Patinkin spoke those words, he didn't expect his every i...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-09-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith, ...
Rumor has it that Rumor Has It… experienced a rocky production history. First-time director Ted Griffin was removed from his position just as production was beginning, necessitating an eleventh-hour change. The cinematographer was replaced, all...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, ...
Stand By Me reinforces something that has been understood in Hollywood for decades: nostalgia sells. With this film, it's "planned nostalgia," meaning that the production was designed from the beginning to encourage older audience members to look ...
U.S. Release Date: 1986-08-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, ...
When The Sure Thing was released in 1985, it was out of step with the times. Teen comedies in those years were saturated with sex and broad humor. Romance and realism (even to a modest degree) were undesirable relics of a bygone era. Nevertheles...
U.S. Release Date: 1985-03-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, ...