{"id":33958,"date":"2023-03-04T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T19:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/?p=33958"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:46:17","slug":"review-view-from-the-top-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/review-view-from-the-top-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"‘View from the Top’ (2003) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After being dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday, Donna decides to ditch her small Nevada town and become a flight attendant in California. She learns the ropes while working for a small commuter airline, but has bigger dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember exactly one part of this movie – Mike Myers<\/a><\/strong> in the trailer telling Christina Applegate<\/a><\/strong> that she put the wrong emPHASIS on the wrong syllABLE<\/em>. It’s probably the funniest part of the trailer – and the funniest part of View from the Top<\/em> as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a><\/strong> is horribly miscast as the sugary sweet Donna Jensen. I’m not sure what it is about her, but her performance comes across as more like a naive child than anything else, and it’s a bit creepy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s also not terribly gifted in comedy, so the movie is already off to a pretty rocky start. After the movie, I was convinced that View from the Top<\/em> might have been more successful had Applegate played Donna and Paltrow played Christine, Donna’s co-worker and frenemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the cast is excellent, but wasted on a flimsy script. There’s just not enough going on to make it a worthwhile watch. The silly shenanigans aren’t silly-funny; they’re just… silly. Donna’s romance with Ted (Mark Ruffalo<\/strong>) is promising, but it takes a backseat to the silliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe leaning into the romance more would have salvaged the movie and given it more of a purpose. There was just an unevenness to the whole thing, and I wonder if director Bruno Barreto even knew what kind of movie he wanted View from the Top<\/em> to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just wasn’t a fan. Mike Myers was probably the bright spot in this movie, though they went all in on the joke that his character was cross-eyed. It’s not as funny as I think they hoped it would be. View from the Top <\/em>is a bunch of meh blandness, completely forgettable, and a waste of a highly talented cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watched:<\/strong> 03\/01\/2023
Notable Song<\/strong>: Time After Time by Katie Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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