Andie Macdowell: Just the Ticket - Movie

Just the Ticket
Cast :	Andy Garcia, Andie MacDowell
Director :	Richard Wenk
Studio :	Mgm/Ua Studios
Format :	Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Released Date :	February 26, 1999
DVD Released Date :	November 02, 2004
Language :	English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Audience Rating :	R (Restricted)
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Customer Reviews

Rating
Date	March 26, 2004
Summary	Andy Garcia is THE MAN!
Content	I rented this movie and after watching it, I knew I had to own it. Andy Garcia is so charming in this (as well as drop dead gorgeous) - it's too bad he isn't offered more comedy roles. He was great in this as was the rest of the cast. I really enjoyed the storyline. And those eyes - ouch! I hope his wife appreciates what she gets to wake up next to every day.

Rating
Date	December 31, 2003
Summary	Surprisingly well done.
Content	Andy Garcia completely owns the screen in every scene. His performance here is enough for anyone to buy this movie. But, alas, there are problems with his supporting actress Andie Macdowell. The whole movie she looks like a deer caught in high-beam headlights. It is particularly noticeable whenever she "shares" a scene with Mr. Garcia. There is one scene where it's her big moment, her "look at me and see how talented an actress I am" moment, when Andy Garcia completely downplays the scene and through subtlety and nuance buries Mrs. Macdowell and steals the movie from under her. Another scene, a pre-love-making stare-down between the two stars is almost laughable. Andie Macdowell is frozen while Andy Garcia nearly melts the celluloid with his eyes. It's as if Mrs. Macdowell realized at some point that she was just no match for Mr. Garcia, went limp, and planned her follow-up project. She has talent, just not in this movie. Try "Dinner with Friends" to see what she's really capable of. All said, this movie would have been better off without a love-interest sub-plot. The lives of the myriad professional scalpers was more than enough to keep me watching. The seedy underworld they inhabit while just trying to make a living was very interesting. Overall, this was a surprising and mostly rewarding film.

Rating
Date	March 04, 2002
Summary	Andy & Andie: Two Stars Really Shine... and That's All About
Content	Our editorial review tells me that "Just the Ticket" was dumped into theater in the winter of 1999; well, Japanese release was much worse. It never received a theatrical release, going straight to video, and worse still, we had to wait until February of 2002! Does this lukewarm reception mean two stars' recent career decline? Whatever the reason may be, "Just the Ticket" is not as bad as those cold reaction suggests. The best part of the film is, surprise! the two leading stars. Andy Garcia is well-cast as a ticket scalper with cute "puppy's eyes" while Andie MacDowell succeeds in exuding enough sexual chemistry to convince you that they were, and are going to be, lovers. Whenever those two likable actors share the screen, the film sparks with fire ... in the bedroom, in the kitchen, and wherever they are. I don't know how many faithful fans are watching this, but they deserve a chance to play a big role (no more "Town and Country" for Andie, please) in the film again. Negative impressions of this romantic comedy come from, I think, two following reasons: supporting players and overlong script. Except for the good performance of Richard Bradford's Benny, who is clearly playing a losing game in front of powerful newcomers, none is memorable. And the film's tone is very uneven; it sometimes takes itself too seriously to be philosophical, but at other places it resorts to incredibly silly things -- see Andy Garcia disguised as ... a nun, for instance. No wonder the studio could not be confident in its release. As a whole decent romantic comedy, "Just the Ticket" manages to deliver what movie fans who love this genre want to see. And the dog is cute, too. We have no fresh insider look on the world of ticket scalpers, nothing new as a romantic comedy, but two leads are so good that it is hardly possible for me to nag, though maybe I should.

Rating
Date	August 06, 2001
Summary	Just a cute movie...
Content	Nothing heavy here! This is one movie I enjoyed with Andy in because he does show a comedic side to himself. He is actually quite good in this and Andie Mcdowell is just as cute as she can be. This is a chick flick, especially if you are an Andy fan. A light romantic comedy with a sprinkle a seriousness thrown in for good measure.

Rating
Date	August 25, 2000
Summary	Another fantastic performance for Garcia!
Content	I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this film on cable for the first time. What surprises me is how underrated this film is. This is a story about a ticket scalper, (which I don't remember seeing to often in other movies)and his troubles trying to get his life together for his love interest. The film offers a unique insight to the world of the "ticket scalper", which although not a big crime, it is a crime. Living in the city I my self have witnessed the ticket scalper on many occasions, and trust me, the hustle and bustle life style portraid in this film is for real. Being the film buff that I am, I've seen all of Andy Garcia's films, and I feel that his performance in this film is one of his best. Just the ticket contains, Drama, Romance, Comedy and best of all Garcia's charm.

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