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Just Write

  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.1K
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Sherilyn Fenn and Jeremy Piven in Just Write (1997)
ComedyRomance

A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.

  • Director
    • Andrew Gallerani
  • Writer
    • Stan Williamson
  • Stars
    • Sherilyn Fenn
    • Jeremy Piven
    • JoBeth Williams
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Andrew Gallerani
    • Writer
      • Stan Williamson
    • Stars
      • Sherilyn Fenn
      • Jeremy Piven
      • JoBeth Williams
    • 30User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Sherilyn Fenn
    Sherilyn Fenn
    • Amanda Clark
    Jeremy Piven
    Jeremy Piven
    • Harold McMurphy
    JoBeth Williams
    JoBeth Williams
    • Sidney Stone
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Arthur Blake
    Alex Rocco
    Alex Rocco
    • Harold's Father
    Jeffrey D. Sams
    Jeffrey D. Sams
    • Danny
    Costas Mandylor
    Costas Mandylor
    • Rich Adams
    Yeardley Smith
    Yeardley Smith
    • Lulu
    Holland Taylor
    Holland Taylor
    • Emma Jeffreys
    Anita Barone
    Anita Barone
    • Carrie
    Bellina Logan
    Bellina Logan
    • Tory
    • (as Belina Logan)
    Stephanie Miller
    • Mr. Blake's Assistant
    Nancy McKeon
    Nancy McKeon
    • Bride
    Ed McMahon
    Ed McMahon
    • Luncheon Chairman
    Anthony Galea
    • Young Harold
    Callista Gallerani
    • Girl with Hula-Hoop
    Gian-Mical Gallerani
    • Boy with Yo-Yo
    Todd Susman
    Todd Susman
    • Priest
    • Director
      • Andrew Gallerani
    • Writer
      • Stan Williamson
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    vid-kid7

    The Perfect Romantic Comedy

    I first saw this film on an airplane to Hawaii and loved it! I had never heard of it before, but it was good in so many ways! If you want to see a movie with great characters and great acting, see this perfect romantic comedy!
    williams-62296

    Hallmark movie style, years before hallmark movies

    If your a Hallmark movie lover, you will love this movie. Produced 15 years before the genaric style of Hallmark it follows a basic good honest guy looking for love and on a chance meet with an up and coming star, he lies about being a screen writter rather then being tour bus driver. They both click and as the love grows you are left wondering at what point the lie is found out. A fun, clean, romatic comody all ages will enjoy.
    robertg-9

    Small feel-good romance

    This film has enough off-center elements to keep you hanging on while it slowly moves you through all the expected plot points.

    The main thing it has going for it is Jeremy Piven, a very smart and inventive actor -- even here, where he pulls out all the stops just to keep things afloat. And he's just the actor for the job. His energy seems to raise the standard for the other actors as well, not that they haven't all done good work before; but he gives them all something to respond to and they seem to rise to the occasion with some equally inventive turns.

    Thank goodness. This small romance needs whatever help it can get to convince you to hang in there with it. It pays off in the end exactly the way you knew it would, it's just that it takes so long to go exactly where you knew it was going.
    filmman-3

    A delightful romance

    Just Write takes a funny and perspective approach to a familiar boy-meets-girl plot and avoids the superficiality that has

    plagued many recent film romances. Just Write is an amiable diversion that transcends its implausible material. Just Write opens with the kind of preposterous situation that only unfolds in the movies. Through an ingenious twist of fate

    congenial Hollywood tour bus driver and avid movie buff Harold McMurphy (Jeremy Priven) finds himself conversing with beautiful actress Amanda Clark (Sherilyn Fenn), but it's his own concealed nervousness that propels him to lie about his profession. After an awkward pause of contemplation he tells her that he's a screenwriter, she believes him and asks him to read and eventually rewrite the frivolous script for her new film. All of this leisurely leads to a budding romance between the two. The

    second we see the two together, we the audience know that they are made for each other, the obstacles in their way merely prolong the obvious denouement. Jeremy Priven's Harold McMurphy is not just another cardboard characterization, Harold has the actual depth and

    dimension of a real person; Priven brings his affable character delightfully to life. Sherilyn Fenn and Jeremy Priven are surprisingly credible in their roles, despite some of the fatuous situations.
    9oliver-53

    Just a fun movie!

    This is as the cover of the video says a romantic comedy. A fun movie that although it is not going to change the world gives you a moment away from the day's trials and tribulations. Isn't that the best thing that a movie can do?

    Jeremy Piven is a great comedian who can take any material and make it his, so any fan must see this movie. He and Ms. Fenn should make more movies together because their chemistry is right. This movie was made by men who have never before or since made another film. If I understand it correctly the producers are dentists who love movies and wanted to make this one based on their script.

    Rent it and share it with someone you love with popcorn.

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    • Trivia
      Nancy Mckeon who's uncredited as "The Bride" played Alex Rocco's daughter on "The Facts of Life". Rocco plays Harold's dad in this film.
    • Quotes

      Emma Jeffreys: If I'd known you were coming, I'd have sent you an invitation

    • Connections
      Referenced in Naked Movie (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Here We Are
      Performed by Gingersol

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Just Right
    • Production companies
      • BMG Independents
      • Wind Chill Productions
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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 42m(102 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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