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She's The One [1997]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, John Mahoney, Mike McGlone, Cameron Diaz
directed by Edward Burns

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

She's the One is actor-writer-director Edward Burns' second film, following the widely acclaimed The Brothers McMullen. Given a slightly larger budget to play with ($3m as against his debut project's $25,000), Burns revisits much the same territory--love and sibling rivalry within a New York Irish-American family--but rather more expansively. This time, too, he can run to a few stars-in-the-making (Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, and John Mahoney from Frasier) to jazz up his cast of relative unknowns.

Burns himself plays Mickey, a cab-driver in the Big Apple, with Mike McGlone as his yuppie stockbroker brother, and Maxine Bahns as Hope, the girl Mickey falls for and impulsively marries, much to the romantic delight of Francis' neglected wife Renee (Aniston). Francis, meanwhile, is having a clandestine affair with Heather (Diaz), Mike's former girlfriend--something Mike has yet to learn. Dispensing flawed wisdom and generally muddying the waters yet further is the lads' blunt-spoken father (Mahoney).

Plotwise that's about it. Burns relies on his appealing cast and some amiably barbed repartee to hold our interest in what's essentially a dialogue-driven movie. He makes shrewd and sometimes unexpected use of his New York locations, too--it's a fair bet most people's mental image of Brooklyn wouldn't include a waterfront fishing community. This is a good-natured, slightly old-fashioned movie whose benevolent view of the battle of the sexes (where the women are invariably smarter than the men) never digs too deep or hits too hard.

On the DVD: She's the One is presented on disc in its original widescreen ratio (1.85:1) and Dolby 4.0 sound that does the movie fair justice. Along with the original trailer, we get a seven-minute "making-of" featurette and a music video of the title song "Walls" from Tom Petty, who composed the film's score. Burns provides an unpretentious voice-over commentary, dealing mainly with matters of casting and the problems of shooting on location. --Philip Kemp

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• a film that real life brothers and sisters can relate to
  This film won't make your blood pressure go up or down but it will keep you interested for its duration.The centre of interest are the brothers who can't get on well but who can't dislike each other enough to stay away from one another either.Something a lot of brothers and sisters in real life will relate to I think.And look out for John Mahoney who plays their dad and who was the dad of Frasier and Niles Crane in the tv sitcom Frasier.

• She's The One
  “She’s the One” is a clever and intelligent film that is written, directed, produced and also “starred in” by Edward Burns. It’s a story of two Irish American brothers, Mickey and Francis Fitzpatrick and their own personal issue and problems with relationships.

  Mickey Fitzpatrick is the elder of the brother but he’s become something of an underachiever and a drifter. He’s currently working as a taxi driver, a job that doesn’t impress he father and certainly doesn’t impress his younger... more info

• Totally underrated movie, it's brilliant
  You know the kind of movies you haven't heard about...and are relucant to go see? Well this one is one of those, and you get you moneys worth for sure. The actors all play more than well, the plot and oneliners are for once correctly timed, and the characters are beleiveable. Even Cameron Diaz fills her role in a way that makes me beleive she can actually act.........enjoy

• Ed Burns' best yet
  I was always a little unsure of this film prior to watching it. I'm not sure if the DVD case does much for the appeal. And the word of mouth surrounding the film's title often throws up Freddie Prince Jnr. and Racheal Leigh Cook! However, once you put the DVD into the machine and start to watch Burns' writing does just take you so far from these misconceptions. Burns' style tends not to rely on a momentous enigma of any kind, but the character's and their relationships are fascinating and it's this which... more info

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