Little Black Book Movie Review 2004

You know times are tough for actresses of a certain age (in this case Hunter) when they are reduced to playing eccentric mentors to the pouty blonde flavor of the moment. That would be Murphy as Stacy, who wants to be a broadcast journalist but is slaving away at a lousy daytime talk show hosted by Kippie Kann (a slumming Bates). Maybe things will go better in her romance with sports agent Derek (Livingston). Oops, shouldn't have peeked at his Palm Pilot, which lists his glamorous, maybe-not-so-ex-girlfriends. Since Derek doesn't talk about his past relationships, Stacy sets up "interviews" with three of the gals (Maran, Jones, Nicholson) to check out her possible rivals. Eventually, her snooping and her job converge into one big mess--a fitting description of the movie.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, News at 11, Mass Media, Jealousy

Screenplay

Elisa Bell, Melissa Carter

Cast

Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Julianne Nicholson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin Sussman, Josie Maran, Rashida Jones, Jason Antoon

Cinematography

Theo van de Sande

Director

Nick Hurran

Music

Christophe Beck

Other

David MacMillan, Randall Poster, John C. Richards, Peter Andrus, Suzie DeSanto, Bob Ziembicki

Producer

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Deborah Schindler, William Sherak, Jason Shuman, Blue Star Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment