The premise for "The Bachelor" probably looked great on paper. Get Chris O'Donnell and Renee Zellweger to star in a romantic comedy, throw in a $100 million inheritance plotline and let mayhem ensue!

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 27, 2023

The Bachelor is humorous and entertaining, at first. Unfortunately, the jokes become cliché, and the plot becomes a bit unbelievable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2020

"The Bachelor" is as generic as they come, the kind of commercial fabrication that sets up a pair of hackneyed concepts, then runs them in concentric circles until there's enough footage to cut together a movie.

| Jul 13, 2020

O'Donnell's square jaw and clear complexion get plenty of screen time, but not for a second is he believable as a guy with a playboy past.

| Original Score: D | Jul 13, 2020

This '90s remake of Buster Keaton's 1925 Seven Chances will have the legendary slapstick-stuntmaster somersaulting in his grave

| Jul 13, 2020

Just say I don't.

| Original Score: D | Sep 7, 2011

Viewers have almost two hours to become thoroughly disgusted

| Jan 29, 2010

O'Donnell, former teen idol/Boy Wonder, has always proven to be far less beefcake than rice cake.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 29, 2009

You don't have to know and love Buster Keaton's inspired 1925 farce "Seven Chances" to dislike the modern remake "The Bachelor," although it certainly doesn't hurt.

| Jun 17, 2008

Although it's got plenty of saccharine romance, The Bachelor ... doesn't offer much in the way of a believable plot, humor, or compelling stars.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 1, 2006

O'Donnell lacks the timing to make the material play, and Sinyor's slack direction offers little assistance.

| Jan 26, 2006

when 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.

| Jul 1, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 20, 2003

This may be the first chick flick that shows an open lack of respect for chicks. Meanwhile, O'Donnell and Zellweger both give the lackluster performances of actors caught in a mediocre romance, just putting in time for a paycheck.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

A terrible film that witlessly unfurls its limp narrative. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film.

| Original Score: D- | Jan 16, 2003

You know a movie is desperately overreaching when Peter Ustinov, affecting a dreadful southern accent as Jimmy's grandfather, must yell into a megaphone for no apparent reason: 'The human condition!'

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

All in all, it's a decent date movie if you require one. Otherwise, catch it on the small screen for the sake of those character actors who we're glad to see working.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

From the moment the credits roll to the 'I could see this ending coming from space' finale, you'll wish you were somewhere else less painful, like perhaps getting your gums scraped by an aluminum hand shovel.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

An old-fashioned comedy that shouldn't work but does.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 1, 2000

The gag is evident from the get-go and the movie just repeats itself until its obvious conclusion.

| Jan 1, 2000