Finding Amanda (2008)

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TMB’s Guide And Predictions For The Movies Of The Summer Of 2008
Published 5/2/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... if not totally original). Right now the film is getting lost in the big marketing pushes of the big blockbusters… and that’s fine… but this will be one I’ll be at opening night for sure. As a side note, despite the fact that Angelina Jolie looks like she’s in desperate need of a hamburger, I’ve never seen her look sexier than she does in this flick. MMMmmmm. FINDING AMANDA Grade Prediction: B- Release Date: June 30th IMDB Page Trailer - Not Yet Available A great sounding twisted little comedy with ...

Matthew Broderick Is A Sad Sack Again In Finding Amanda
Published 5/2/2008 at Videogum
... , this new trailer for Finding Amanda, Rescue Me creator Peter Tolan's directorial debut, looks charming and not at all like the movie being marketed. The movie stars Matthew Broderick doing his likable henpecked guy character, which is fine because he's the best (the classic bathtub cleanup scene from Election comes to mind). He's a producer with a gambling problem who goes to Vegas to rescue his 20-year-old niece (Brittany Snow) from prostitution in order to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife (Maura Tierney). ...

Finding Amanda trailer
Published 5/2/2008 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
... for the comedy Finding Amanda. The film has Matthew Broderick playing a compulsive gambler whose marriage is on the rocks because of that gambling. He finds out his 20-year old niece has become a hooker in Las Vegas and so, to prove himself to his wife, he goes to try and get her into rehab. Of course Vegas is the worst place for a guy like him so things don’t necessarily go as planned. ...

Movie Preview: Finding Amanda
Published 6/1/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
You know, if someone told me Ferris Bueller grew up to have a gambling problem, I'd totally believe it. Which is probably why I watched the trailer for Finding Amanda with a little smile. It looks like the first role in a long time that lets Matthew Broderick stretch those acting muscles we know are in there, and he's paired with the lovely Brittany Snow. The plot for this movie, which I missed when I was at Sundance, is this: "A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas ...

New in Theaters: June 27, 2008
Published 6/27/2008 by Jane Boursaw at Film Gecko
... year 2700, and WALL*E is a happy little trash-compacting robot who suddenly gets big dreams about his ultimate destiny, leading him on a wild journey across the universe. Rated G! Gecko Preview & Trailer More after the jump… Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot. This sports flick documents the awesome athletes competing in the “Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic” on Sept. 1, 2006. Gecko Preview & Trailer Finding Amanda. Matthew Broderick plays Taylor Peters, a TV writer and ...

Angelina Jolie is ‘Wanted’ this Weekend!
Published 6/27/2008 by Fred Turd at Chisme Time
... Finding Amanda follows a television producer (Matthew Broderick) with a penchant for drinking and gambling who is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece (Brittany Snow), a prostitute and stripper, to enter rehab. ...

The Latest in Theaters: Most Wanted
Published 6/27/2008 by Kirby at Movie Dearest
... Finding Amanda: Matthew Broderick's alcoholic TV producer must track down and help his prostitute niece (Brittany Snow, a long way from Hairspray) in Las Vegas. ...

Finding Amanda.
Published 6/27/2008 at GreenCine Daily
"Clumsily mashing up Leaving Las Vegas and Hardcore, Finding Amanda follows TV show writer and alcoholic compulsive gambler Taylor (Matthew Broderick) as he travels to Sin City to track down his whoring niece Amanda (Brittany Snow)," writes Nick Schager in Slant. The film's "inability to find a consistent groove that might best utilize its appealing leads... is secondary to its overarching unimaginativeness." And in the other corner, Ella Taylor in the Voice: "By keeping the ...