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Good Advice

Good Advice

Comedy · Romance · 2001

An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.

Movie details

Good Advice

2001 Comedy · Romance 1h 33m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steve Rash

Written by

Daniel Margosis · Robert Horn

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Ryan Edward Turner

Angie Harmon

Angie Harmon

Page Hensen

Denise Richards

Denise Richards

Cindy Styne

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Barry Sherman

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette

Cathy Sherman

Meredith Salenger

Meredith Salenger

Amy

Francoise Surel

Francoise Surel

Lucy Stone

Court is in session

Put Good Advice on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.