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Play trailer Poster for View From the Top PG-13 Released Mar 21, 2003 1h 27m Comedy LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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A comedy about a young woman from meager beginnings, who has high hopes for the future. Donna (Gwyneth Paltrow) dreams of becoming a first-class international flight attendant and is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that her dreams come true. The road to success, though, is rarely a smooth flight, and as she begins her trip she encounters more turbulence than even she bargained for.
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Uneven in tone and badly edited, A View From the Top wastes the talents of its cast and condescends to its characters.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media What was Gwyneth Paltrow thinking? Rated: 2/5 Dec 29, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter A flat, superficial comedy that never establishes a tone. Sep 3, 2003 Full Review Craig D. Lindsey Crooked Marquee View for the Top is one of those movies I saw years ago and, every now and then, I sit back and wonder, "Wait a minute - did that really happen?" Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Too sweet to be truly funny and too over-the-top to be truly charming. Rated: 2/4 Oct 29, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stacy H A very unserious film that takes itself very seriously, which I believe was intentional irony. It's like they got together and decided to make a really bad rom com, and they were so good at being bad that it manages to be enjoyable. It gets bonus points for its use of Silver Springs, Nevada, as it's opener. I recently read Richard Ayoade's book on it, which was hilarious. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Blu B It's not broken but not particulary good either. The music is just basic pop tracks and generic stuff that's boring and forgettable. The cinematgraphy is pretty basic stuff and so is the acting. Pretty much all the supporting cast is completely forgettable including Ruffalo who just feels like an afterthought. They aren't bad together but not given enough development. The direction is just basic all around too. The humor in this is pretty flat and the whole thing just has a Hallmark Channel plot and look to it. Nothing wrong with that but on it's own but I just don't see this being justified for a feature movie release in theaters. This is a made for TV idea. Everything else is subpar. There's two plots here. One with her being a stewardess and the romance with Ruffalo which feels pretty much the entire way like two seperate films. And in between it feels like stuff just happens with the occasional key point to bring it back to move forward for both. The biggest issue here though is this feels very underdevloped. The runtime excluding credits isn't even 80 minutes which should be a huge warning sign and it is here. It feels like stuff is either missing or undeveloped. The romance especially just feels like the BARE minimum stuff is there or an afterthought. This is pretty harmless Romcom fluff but there is way better from this genre and era. Skip This. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Waffen W a really cute, really underrated movie that will make you laugh and smile. the only bad part is mark ruffalo. it's amazing to see these early films and realize just how lousy an actor he's always been. other than that, it is definitely worth a watch and iot's free on youtube right now! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Chicha Z I absolutely LOVED THIS MOVIE. IT WAS FUNNY, ROMANTIC . GREAT FAMILY MOVIE CASTING WAS GREAT. IF FEELING BLUE, PUT THIS IN AND FLY STOP PICKING MOVIES APART.... AND JUST TAKE WHAT YOU GET, ADORABLE SIT BACK AND LAUGH Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/30/23 Full Review Mark E I saw the reviews and thought this would be a terrible movie. I really liked it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/23 Full Review Vanesa C I loved the movie. I am a flight attendant and international flying is not as glamorous as people think. It is exactly like in the movie really…😝 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A comedy about a young woman from meager beginnings, who has high hopes for the future. Donna (Gwyneth Paltrow) dreams of becoming a first-class international flight attendant and is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that her dreams come true. The road to success, though, is rarely a smooth flight, and as she begins her trip she encounters more turbulence than even she bargained for.
Director
Bruno Barreto
Producer
Brad Grey, Matthew Baer, Bobby Cohen
Screenwriter
Eric Wald
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 11, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.6M
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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