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Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

Is it love... or are they just imagining things?

20035.21h 36m

Overview

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

Directed by Rob Reiner
Written by Jeremy Leven
Produced by Rob Reiner, Jeremy Leven, Alan Greisman
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $15.4M

Top Cast

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson

Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson

Emma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna

Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Polina Delacroix

David Paymer

David Paymer

John Shaw

Lobo Sebastian

Lobo Sebastian

Bobby / Flamenco Dancer #1

Chino XL

Chino XL

Tony / Flamenco Dancer #2

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner

Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Grandmother

Alexander Wauthier

Alexander Wauthier

Andre Delacroix

L

Leili Kramer

Michele Delacroix

Themes & Keywords

casinobased on novel or bookgamblingboston, massachusettsgambling debtwriter's blocklovefear of commitmentauthorwriterdeadlinenovelistmoney problemsstenographerdictationowe money to criminalsheadstrong woman

About Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma is a comedy, romance film released in 2003 exploring themes of casino, based on novel or book, gambling, boston, massachusetts, gambling debt, writer's block. Directed by Rob Reiner, it stars Luke Wilson, Kate Hudson, Sophie Marceau. Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

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