Rumor Has It ...

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 2005

1 hr. 37 min.

Comedy

List

21%

116 Reviews

Tomatometer

41%

250,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Living in New York City, Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) must make the cross-country trip back to her home state of California for the wedding of her younger sister (Mena Suvari). Once with her family, Sarah learns some interesting things from her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine), including the family's inspirational ties to the famous film "The Graduate." But all this leads to millionaire Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), and Sarah wants answers -- especially since Burroughs might be her real father.

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Critics Consensus

This riff on The Graduate has a solid cast, but is too lightweight to fully register.

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Monika

Creepy, of course directed by old man

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Qin L

Am I supposed to like a movie about a degen cheater family who then has another degen kid who cheats?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/17/23

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Lori F

Yep, Five Stars! Intelligently written, directed, and acted. I was quite shocked to see this film panned, particularly when hackneyed rom-coms get accolades. "Rumor Has It" takes the bold step of recognizing that women too, have rogue sexual impulses. Thus, three generations of women in the same family have put the moves on Beau (Kevin Costner), betraying either their kin or their betrothed. For me, everything about the movie signaled lightness, humor, and fun (especially Shirley MacLaine as Grandma!) such that I would not have imagined anyone could take it to be literally sanctioning any given behavior. (Frankly, even if it were, it would not be distorting real life very much--just look at the divorce rate.) Yet based on some reviews, one would think the film invites you to laugh at torturing animals. Per the current zeitgeist, some see Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) as a Me-Too victim, never mind that it is she, not Beau, who plants the first hot kisses, and then fully owns what ensues. Others manage to discern innuendos of incest even though Beau's possible paternity is roundly discounted and directly mocked. And others couldn't get past Jeff (Mark Ruffalo) taking back his fiancee after her fog-headed romp with Beau. Agreed, doing so might not sit well in a simplistic drama. But here, it's a thematically satisfying resolution to all that came before. Plus, how about the idea that he loves her? To me, the film's detractors are off, particularly if their critiques are "moral." What *I* saw was a wry and charming comedy, the product of an A-list cast and director.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/23

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Rick A

Cute plot device. Otherwise, terrible film, terrible acting. Lucky that Shirley McLaine was there, but not enough to make up for the rest.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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Martin B

This story is so ridiculous that I would say if you actually enjoyed this or just simply think that it is "cute" or whatever...not bad , I really think that you should seek professional help.I can't believe that I had to sit and watch this garbage.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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Aaron M

Creepy Rom-Com with an all star cast with zero tension, stars are wooden (Jennifer is actually a good comedic actor and she soldiers through but we don't have to). Skip it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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Rob Reiner

Director

Jennifer Aniston

Sarah Huttinger

Kevin Costner

Beau Burroughs

Shirley MacLaine

Katharine Richelieu

Mark Ruffalo

Jeff Daly

Richard Jenkins

Earl Huttinger

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Catherine Shoard

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Rumour had it that this was rubbish, and so it is.

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Marrit Ingman

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Rated: 0/5

Sep 8, 2007

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

And, as Jeff rather drolly notes, she manages to "make this sound like a police investigation", rather than a comedy...

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Danielle Solzman

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Rumor Has It... has the laughs and the cast to pull it off.

Feb 6, 2022

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David Nusair

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...fares best in its briskly-paced and thoroughly entertaining first half...

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 12, 2021

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Synopsis

Living in New York City, Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) must make the cross-country trip back to her home state of California for the wedding of her younger sister (Mena Suvari). Once with her family, Sarah learns some interesting things from her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine), including the family's inspirational ties to the famous film "The Graduate." But all this leads to millionaire Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), and Sarah wants answers -- especially since Burroughs might be her real father.

Director: Rob Reiner
Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Bruce Berman, Len Amato
Screenwriter: Ted Griffin
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Entertainment, Warner Bros., Spring Creek Productions, Section Eight Ltd.
Rating: PG-13 (Crude Humor|Action Sequences|Drug References|Mature Thematic Material|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $43.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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