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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Peace Arch Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 63975
Released: January 20, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A smooth talking movie producer (William H. Macy) and a straight arrow studio exec (Meg Ryan) reluctantly team up to take on Tinseltown and unexpectedly fall for each other in the process.
The Deal (+ Digital Copy) Reviews:
(2.5 STARS) Mildly Amusing Comedy That Has Nothing New to Say 
2009-11-22 - "The Deal" is a light comedy with a bit of romance and satire thrown in. It follows the story of one Charlie Burns (William H. Macy, who also co-wrote the screenplay), a failed Hollywood film producer, who uses his nephew's period-piece script (about 19th century British writer and statesman Benjamin Disraeli) for his "comeback." While Charlie struggles to get what he wants (sometimes by cheating and lying), he meets a beautiful studio executive Deidre (Meg Ryan). I almost forgot to say that Charlie is a lady's man, too.
I am always interested in the "films about filmmaking" sub-genre. You know, there are so many of them - "Adaptation" "Bowfinger" etc - and some are great ("Day for Night") and some terrible ("An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn" ... what else?). Thanks to the cast (that includes Elliot Gould as rabbi and L.L. Cool J. as spoiled action star), "The Deal" is mildly amusing, but the film's satire is not sharp and the jokes are not very funny.
Don't get me wrong. I like Meg Ryan and William H. Macy. But somehow it seems they are not the right choice for the roles they are playing in "The Deal." There is no chemistry between the two leads to make me believe that they fall in love with each other. Besides, the story itself doesn't convince me. How can a down-and-out film producer like Charlie get a 100 million dollar action movie greenlit when everyone in Hollywood knows he has been unsuccessful so long?
All in all "The Deal" is not that bad, at least to me, but it has no originality either, except the location of South Africa. Perhaps this is the most convincing part of the film.
Terrible 
2009-07-26 - This is the worst Meg Ryan movie EVER !! Thought she could have made better choices. Really lame. Lot of profanity, ever other word.
Don't know why it is rated so high. Will think twice about watching Meg again. Don't wasted your time and money. Would have given this a negative number but not a choice
bad quality
2009-05-22 - The quality of this dvd is terrible. Please advise if there is anything I can do or if it can be replaced?
best regards
dale rodkin
Funny Only if You've Never Seen a Movie Before 
2009-04-08 - Pointless, dumb and self-indulgent is my synopsis to something that neither is a story nor contains a plot but does contain a hodgepodge of poorly, reworked comedic scenes found in countless films over the past 80 years. The film goes something like this: desperate people meet; try to sort things out through one dumb error after another (supposedly the funny parts); finally it all works out and they live happily ever after. There's suppose to be a quirky insider look at the movie making industry but, alas, nothing anyone born after 1930 doesn't already know. Add run-of-the-mill acting and fragmented directing/editing to make for a boring and tortuous viewing experience. Even the reviewers that gave it 5 stars (do they work for the studio?) consistently had little to say about the movie.
The worst movie ever
2009-03-28 - I had high hopes for this movie. After Meg Ryan being off the scene for some some I thought she was better than this movie. It started off with the star wanting to commit sucide and the first five minutes were the worst part of the film - and depressing. The movie had no plot and certainly no substance. There was a LOT of profanity which could have been left out. I thought Hollywood and certainly Meg Ryan could have faired better. Don't waste your time and money on this one.
