Simply Perfect

Simply A Masterpiece

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark TwainGwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate are called upon to wear tight clothes in Bruno Barreto's "View From the Top". When they're not wearing tight clothes, they're wearing skimpy clothes. Sometimes they wear tight skimpy clothes. Competing with Paltrow and Applegate is actor Mark Ruffalo, who occasionally wears tight clothes, but mostly wears normal clothes."View from the Top" co-stars Mike Myers, who plays an abnormal character tasked with wearing fairly normal clothes. The film's plot, in which a small-towner harbours dreams of becoming a flight attendant, involves the presence of many other clothed characters. No character in the film is particularly interesting, nor are the clothes they wear, but it can be said, with some confidence, that they do indeed wear clothes.6/10 – A film with clothes.

I recently saw that someone had watched this and gave it 0/10 so I had to see for myself if it was that bad. It's not. But it sucks. I counted three good laughs and a couple dozen small chuckles. That's not good enough. The movie has a hard time deciding -- romantic comedy or goofball comedy? Mike Myers' part made it goofball and it just doesn't work. I felt bored most of the time and just wanted it to be over. But I don't want to turn off Gwyneth Paltrow because she's an exceptional actress. The end credits make this movie worth it because of the bloopers and the on set dance scene. Yes, a dance scene during the credits is worth watching. Gwyn's acting in that is better than anywhere in the movie itself! A two minute delight to watch. Otherwise this movie has next to no value. It's no wonder Gwyneth refers to this as View From My Ass.5.1 / 10 stars--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener

On a very slow night, I watched this flick and was generally surprised at the physical comedy Gwen was willing to put herself through. I really enjoyed this film. For it's ridiculous nature. It's fable quality, and real nice (yet mostly overused) concept of home is where love is. And it reminded me that the journey with someone is better than the journey alone. Everyone needs a co-pilot and it's a sweet message (albeit sometimes outdated). I feel. a movie like this is genuine, and returns back to a time where we may not have been so cynical. If that's their angle, I would say...it's not a bad thing to be sweet.

It starts on a promising note as one might have expected a 'Legally Blonde' type comedy even though Gwyneth Paltrow does not exactly pull off the dumb blonde act as well as Reese Witherspoon. There's a lot of hilarious comedy as the characters of the hotties: Kelly Preston, Christina Applegate and Paltrow meet and befriend one another. However, things slow down and get boring once the film shifts to the Ruffalo-Paltrow romance track. Among the cast only Christina Applegate stands out as the bitchy jealous friend-turned rival (even though she's played similar roles in 'Married with Children' and 'Friends') while Paltrow does an alright job. Ruffalo plays the typical love-interest and he has done better in 'Just Like Heaven'. Somewhere in the latter half of the film there's a hilarious cat-fight between Applegate and Paltrow which was fun to watch and in the end we get a glimpse of some bloopers (many of which are uninteresting). 'View From The Top' is forgettable. Having seen the trailer, I expected something hilarious but alas!