in North as Laura.North is a 1994 film directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dan Aykroyd, Reba McEntire, and Alan Arkin. The story is based on the novel North by Alan Zweibel, who also wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film.
North received almost entirely negative reviews, and flopped at the box office, earning about US$7 million for an estimated budget of US$40 million. North severely suffered from competition with The Lion King, Speed, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Mask and Clear and Present Danger. In addition, North was a multiple nominee at the 1994 Golden Raspberry Awards and was nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Director for Rob Reiner. As of December 2008, it had scored 12% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and 4.2/10 on the Internet Movie Database. The Nostalgia Critic did a review of the film out of curiosity, and soon came to hate it for the unfunny jokes and insulting stereotypes that North visited.
The best loser movie of all time,
10/10
Author: soleada from Williamsburg, VA
"North" is one of my favorite movies ever, despite its obvious lameness, so-so acting and completely shallow plot. Why?
1) Bruce Willis in a rabbit suit. 2) Borscht. 3) We don't want Hugh. 4) Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander in non-Seinfeld roles together! 5) Federal Express angels. 6) Time to flow! 7) Excuse me, but what does this have to do with my crack? 8) The "villain"- the all-powerful Winchell and his sidekick, Jon Lovitz. 9) Viva el Norte! 10) The...interesting ending...
If this makes you the least bit curious, you must see this movie, seriously. And if you hate it, fine. But try not to, because it really is funny. And there are some great actors in it, even if it isn't their most overwhelming performance.
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