Synopsis
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
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Cast
- Luke WilsonAlex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
- Kate HudsonEmma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
- Sophie MarceauPolina Delacroix
- David PaymerJohn Shaw
- Lobo SebastianBobby
- Rip TaylorPolina's Farther
- Alexander WauthierAndre Delacroix
- Leili KramerMichele Delacroix
- Rob ReinerWirschafter
- Gigi BerminghamMadame Blanche
Recommendations
- 50
USA Today
Though it has some mildly amusing moments (mostly in the visuals accompanying the novel's narration), Alex & Emma is disappointing, neither very romantic nor very comic. - 50
Premiere
Had the picture maintained a sense of lightheartedness, it may have better lived up to its genre. But, as is, Alex & Emma is flat, neither whimsically romantic nor consistently comedic. - 50
Film Threat
Too much of Alex & Emma is an overt attempt to recreate the lightning in a bottle Reiner achieved with “When Harry Met Sally.” - 38
Boston Globe
The lack of sexual tension is astounding. - 33
Portland Oregonian
You can't help but think how much better this film would be had Woody Allen directed it...How much more acerbic fun would it be to see Judy Davis playing stenographer to a neurotic, writer's-blocked Woody? - 30
Washington Post
A stunningly inert piece of cinema, a movie that basically boils down to serial shots of people talking to each other. - 30
Washington Post
The inside story is weak, dull and head-poundingly boring, and the outside story is only slightly better, thanks to the lukewarm likability of its two stars. - 30
L.A. Weekly
It's like a three-times-too-long sitcom pilot missing the laugh track.
