Rumor Has It...

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Rumor Has It...

This picture begins with a funny premise. A woman, attending her sister's wedding, discovers that her mother was Mrs. Robinson from "The Graduate." Kevin Costner is the guy who had the affair with the mother who is now deceased as well as the grandma Shirley MacLaine. MacLaine seems to be in a new career mold as a lively senior citizen. She is a pleasure to watch on the screen. The problem with "Rumor Has It" is that the film goes down once we see differences between it and the original "The Graduate." As the let-down boyfriend, Mark Ruffalo is charming on screen. Kathy Bates appears in one scene as the friend of the late woman. She really has put on weight. Jennifer Aniston is appealing in the role of the daughter who very well realizes that the man she is falling for could very well be her dad. Though we see that this is not the case, we are still annoyed by a possible incestuous relationship.

RUMOR HAS IT (2005) * Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins, Mena Suvari , Christopher McDonald. Disappointingly mirthless comedy about a young woman (Aniston in arguably one of her worst performances) who is determined to find out if her family was the inspiration to THE GRADUATE and if in fact her real father is the roguish Costner who had a fling with her late mother and her prickly grandmother (MacLaine making a cottage industry as battle-axes with a heart of gold pickled in alcohol). Ted Griffin's screenplay seems lost in translation by director Rob Reiner, who sadly continues his mediocre track record, offering no laughs or poignancy. Griffin incidentally was supposed to make his directorial debut but was sacked days within production for Reiner to step in ; one wonders what would've been.

I can not believe that a lucid person can like this flick, unless a fan of Jennifer Aniston, or Kevin Costner, or Shirley MacLaine, or Mark Ruffalo. The plot is one of the most silly and ridiculous I have ever seen in a movie: Sarah Huttinger heard a rumor that her grandmother might have been the real "Mrs. Robinson" that inspired the successful movie "The Graduate". She decides to investigate the truth and finds that the man that had sex with her grandmother, had also with her mother and in the end she meets him and completes the fate of the women of her family also having sex with the guy. Is it funny? Have I missed some point about this dysfunctional family of whores? This rumor has no humor, is an awful lack of respect with "The Graduate" and a great disappointment. My vote is three. Title (Brazil): "Dizem Por Ai" ("It is Told That")

How do three generations of a family sleep with the same guy and it's just a little kooky joke in the family?

This film bored me. Jennifer Aniston is decent but the plot is weak. No one really leaves an impression though Mark Ruffalo tries hard in a thankless part. The film draws inspiration from 'The Graduate' but doesn't come even close to the 1967 film. Kevin Costner has a little fun with his role. Shirley MacLaine plays the same role she's been playing essentially for the last few years, a crotchety version of Shirley Maclaine! Aniston's character is quite simply tiresome and her emotional journey didn't leave an impact on me. Avoid unless you are bored with nothing else to do. Overall 4/10