Product Details

• Actors: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305164193
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,533 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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You can hear the big gears clank in this glossy, oh-so-watchable remake of the classic 1939 film (and the popular An Affair to Remember). Instead of updating the story with contemporary attitudes (as Warren Beatty did so successfully with Heaven Can Wait), this is a virtual carbon copy of the other films. The early scenes succeed as the two love birds (Beatty and real-life wife Annette Bening) banter with smart, fun talk. But the dramatics never really work in the modern era and romance doesn't blossom. Do we have to visit the Empire State Building again? Why couldn't the man be the victim? Everything looks wrapped for Christmas: a lovely score, nice use of old songs, rich designer clothes, familiar faces popping up everywhere, all surrounded by ace Conrad L. Hall's glowing, luscious light. It comes off like a big still-life, no zeal with two big exceptions: Garry Shandling's comic portrayal of lawyerhood as Beatty's agent and the reappearance of Katharine Hepburn. Seen for maybe 10 minutes, she packs more magic in her work than the entire rest of the movie. --Doug Thomas

From The New Yorker

Glenn Gordon Caron's movie is the second remake of Leo McCarey's 1939 romantic weeper (same title), which starred Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne; in 1957, McCarey filmed it again, as "An Affair to Remember," with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. In the latest version, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening do their best to simulate the charismatic swooning and mooning of their predecessors, but they don't bring a lot of conviction to their roles. No reason, really, why they should: this was cheesy, contrived material in 1939 and in 1957, and it still is. Everyone involved in this picture seems overqualified, from the writers (Robert Towne, with Beatty) to the cinematographer (Conrad Hall) to the production designer (the late Ferdinando Scarfiotti) to the large, pointlessly high-powered supporting cast (headed by Katharine Hepburn). There's an air of slumming about the whole enterprise, which kind of undercuts the romantic mood. The earth does not move. Also with Garry Shandling, Kate Capshaw, Pierce Brosnan, Chloe Webb, and Harold Ramis. -Terrence Rafferty
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Affair to Remember, December 11, 1999

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This review is from: Love Affair [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie has been terribly underrated! I saw it when it first came out and, due to my prejudice towards the 1957 Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr film, I couldn't see just how good it really is. I recently saw it again and absolutely love it now! Beatty is charming and Annette Bening, as in "The American President", glows toward the camera. She is simply one of the best actresses and the greatest stars around, in my opinion. Katharine Hepburn is perfect as Beatty's aunt. Give this movie another chance -- if you love romantic movies, you'll love this "Love Affair".

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Romance Movies, March 7, 2004

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Luie Larios "Luie" (dubai, u.a.e.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Affair (DVD)

I have seen An Affair to Remember long before I watched Love Affair. Altho "An Affair..." became one of my favorite classics (along w/ Gone with the Wind and Casablanca), I personally prefer Love Affair because i was more moved by it. the actors are brilliant, especially Ms. Bening, whose eyes captivate the audience. she just GLOWS in it and Mr Beatty is effortless in playing himself. they give the film a sense of reality. the movies basks the audiences in feeling of excitement, despair and hope of falling in love. it's a classic. so yeah, don't forget the box of tissue. i can't get enough of this film!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a guy's point of view..., June 29, 2003

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Michael E. Day "scalenguy" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Affair (DVD)

Okay, I'm not into chick flicks, but I like romantic movies. This movie is amazing because it avoids the pitfalls that alot of romantic movies fall into by not mixing an essential amount of testosterone necessary to keep a guy feeling like he's part of the scenario. (I absolutely abhored Best Friend's Wedding.) Movies that are of the same genre as this: An Affair to Remember? A classic, but by the time I was old enough to appreciate romance movies, I was intolerant of Cary Grant's accent. Sleepless in Seattle had it's moments. BUT, Love Affair nails it! It's funny, clever, romantic... Annette Benning commands the screen. Warren Beatty--I mean, does this movie strike an exact chord, or what? The chemistry is perfect because, aside from the tragedy it entails, it IS a true story! WB is depicted as a famous womanizing stud (which anybody who's been around for a few years is well aware that he actually was). One day traveling on a plane he meets the woman that's his soulmate. The way she 'operates' him is poetry in motion. Bottom line: The cast, the soundtrack, the storyline, the locations, Ray Charles in concert doing a Christmas song, the cruise ship, the walk on an island in Tahiti, the humor, etc. I could go on & on about how much I love this movie. I recorded this on cable several years ago and can't tell you how many times I've watched it. (Now it's on DVD...Y-E-A-H!!!) Ladies, are you having a hard time of getting your man to watch a romantic movie? Well this is your ticket! Take it from a guy, this movie absolutely rules! Just make sure you get some tissues for him too!