Alex & Emma
- Luke Wilson: Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
- Chino XL: Tony
- Lobo Sebastian: Bobby
- Kate Hudson: Emma Dinsmore / Anna
- David Paymer: John Shaw
- Sophie Marceau: Polina Delacroix
- Alexander Wauthier: Andre Delacroix
Alex & Emma is a comedy film directed by Rob Reiner from the year 2003.
Action
The author Alex Sheldon owes the Cuban Mafia $ 100,000. Two mobsters threaten him with death. The only hope for the timely use force of money is the completion of a new novel by Sheldon.
Sheldon is suffering from writer's block. It represents an Emma Dinsmore, which should help him in writing. The new novel is about the people living in the 1920s, writer Adam Shipley. Shipley has relations with Anna and Polina Delacroix.
The world of the novel and the world of Sheldon are increasingly similar. Sheldon and Dinsmore fall in love.
Background
The story is partly based on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky from the year 1866. The comedy was filmed in Boston and California. The budget was 30 million U.S. dollars. The film grossed a worldwide 15.4 million U.S. dollars.
Reviews
The comedy was in the lexicon of international film as amusing, but " without the spark really fly ", respectively.
James Berardinelli criticized the fact that the comedy was a warmed-up " low-end " version of the comedy When Harry Met Sally. The dual structure of the film would be used in the movie Obsessed efficient. The chemistry between the main characters missing. Berardinelli criticized the display of Kate Hudson.