James Shannon III (Chris O'Donnell) is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne Arden (Renée Zellweger) catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's (Artie Lange's) wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds ou... (Full plot summary below)
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James Shannon III (Chris O'Donnell) is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne Arden (Renée Zellweger) catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's (Artie Lange's) wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased granddad James Shannon's (Sir Peter Ustinov's) will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million-dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05 p.m. on his 30th birthday: tomorrow. Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.
Leave your thoughts about The Bachelor.
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames Sanfordwhen it comes to delivering punchlines or finding the laughs in a speech, O'Donnell is way out of his area of expertise, and that's exactly what he's called upon to do throughout 'The Bachelor,' a wholly irritating stab at a fluffy romantic farce. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenAn old-fashioned comedy that shouldn't work but does. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe true star of this film, funny and often breathtakingly lovely, Zellweger carries virtually every scene in which she appears -- which aren't nearly as plentiful as one might like. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesDefinitely has its moments but overall just fizzles. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderThe brilliance of Buster Keaton deserves a better homage. |
| Jam! MoviesDarryl SterdanThe Bachelor is just as dismal a failure -- the anti-date movie of the year. |
| NewsweekAnjali AroraOffers easy wisdom and light-hearted fun. |
| Salon.comMary Elizabeth WilliamsThe only thing more disappointing than a truly awful film is a merely weak one that has some really fun moments. |
| Film Journal InternationalThom BennettThe gag is evident from the get-go and the movie just repeats itself until its obvious conclusion. |
| Scott Renshaw's Screening RoomScott RenshawThe problem are a beginning and middle that are equally warm-n-fuzzy -- there's no spark, no energy, no humanity. |
