The Road To Wellville
by Alan Parker
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Dana Carvey, John Cusack, Matthew BroderickDirector: Alan Parker
Primary Contributor: Dana Carvey
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Taiwanese Chinese (Subtitled); Chinese (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed); Taiwanese Chinese (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Road To Wellville
Movie Review: MNovie is great, but BEWARE OF ASPECT RATIO!
Summary: 5 Stars
I gave a 5 star rating because the movie is that good, but this is the FULL SCREEN version of the film, not the widescreen version. Amazon really need to start labelling their movies a bit clearer. I'm no big movie buff, but I am quite into movies and when I saw the "1:33:1" aspect ratio, I assumed it was a widescreen version of the movie since I've always know the aspect ratio for full screen to be 4:3. It's not hard to put "The Road To Wellville (Full Screen Edition)" in the header of their movies. I feel pretty ripped off as this movie was 18 bucks, pretty expensive for a standard full screen DVD. What's odd is the movie doesn't seem to be released in the U.S. on DVD in widescreen. Really odd since they too the time to remaster the video.
Also, a note to movie companies... full screen versions of movies are outdated, have been for a while, and will be more and more outdated as time goes on. There's no reason at all to release a DVD ONLY in full screen format.
Summary of The Road To Wellville
This wrong-headed adaptation of the very funny (and scatological) novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle was written and directed by Alan Parker, who doesn't seem to have much of a clue. It's not a botch, just a movie that hammers its efforts at humor too hard. The focus is split between three story lines: the life of cereal tycoon John Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins with buck teeth), who has created a health spa for the wealthy that focuses on regular cleansing of the digestive tract (as well as applications of electricity); the troubles of an unhappy young couple (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda), who come to the spa hoping to cure their marital ills (Broderick gets the worst of the deal); and the efforts of a young hustler (John Cusack), who is trying to break into the breakfast-cereal business but gets taken by an even bigger hustler (Michael Lerner). There are subplots about Kellogg's children but they add little. For all the doo-doo and enema jokes, the joys of this movie are distinctly scattered. --Marshall FineArt House & International DVD Video
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