Movie Review

The Story of Us (1999)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; With: Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis

Rob Reiner's pungent, funny, surprisingly forceful new movie follows an embattled Los Angeles couple (Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer), who've been together for 15 years but have stopped recognizing the goodness that they share. Though the script (by Alan Zweibel and Jessie Nelson) sometimes treads a thin line between the universal and the cliche, Reiner creates something unexpected, a marital romance. A-

Originally posted Oct 29, 1999 Published in issue #509 Oct 29, 1999 Order article reprints
You Might Also Like

Add your comment

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.

500 characters remaining
Advertisement