Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Excellent, smart action film.

Awesome Movie

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

I bought this Blu-ray thinking to be another one,finally when l start to watch realize my lack of attention,however the picture didn't disappoint me entirely,but the plot is very questionable,making a Jewish movie using a black character is completely insane...a nice view behind the scenes how works making movies,glad to see after a hiatus Meg Ryan and the fine actor William H. Macy again...and Elliott Gould of course.Resume: First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-ray / Rating: 6.25

Bill Macy, Meg Ryan, Elliot Gould, and LL Cool J star in "The Deal" from 2008, directed by Steven Schachter and written by Macy and Schacter.Macy plays another loser, this time Charlie Berns, who has a couple of producer credits on his resume, but they're not recent, and he can't get arrested. His nephew (Jason Ritter) gives him his script about Benjamin Disraeli to read. He's not interested in it but then he sees an article about a major star in adventure films, Bobby Mason (LL Cool J) who has converted to Judaism and wants to do a film with a Jewish theme for his next project.Charlie manages to convince a studio that he has Bobby Mason's next kick your butt film and a studio executive, Deidre (Meg Ryan) is assigned to make it happen. Soon "Bill & Ben" is being filmed, with Berns' heartbroken nephew screaming, "There's not one word of my script in this." Then Bobby Mason is kidnapped and held for ransom, and the studio doesn't want to pay. But Deidre has an idea.We've seen these behind the scenes getting a movie made before, and this is absurd but quite good. And how absurd is it? Probably not far off. Macy is excellent as Berns, who has been around the block a few times and knows how to talk his way into and out of trouble. This movie took a while to get made, so there's no doubt Macy knew what he was talking about when he wrote the script - I'm sure it wasn't a new experience for him.Ryan's role could have been played by anyone, but at 47 and once the ingénue du jour (as Rene Zwelleger, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, and Sally Field once were), she has a problem. While leading men are leading men from the time they're in their twenties until death, pert, pretty young actresses have a limited shelf life, and the transition to lead woman not only is difficult, it's often not even worth it since that doesn't last long either. Today things are much better -- at least 30 is no longer the cut-off like it was in Bette Davis' day -- but the fact remains, unless your name is Meryl Streep, you'll be in character roles by the time you're 55. If you have a job. So I can't blame her for doing this role.Good, enjoyable movie, especially if you're a writer and know what happens to scripts in Hollywood.

I have never met a Meg Ryan Movie that I didn't enjoy. Simply the best movie about making movies that I have seen. This movie is simply hilarious with pretty much NON STOP Hilarity! Another romantic comedy to add to my short list. Meg in You've Got Mail, French Kiss and the highly under-rated Addicted To Love. Macy plays to type. The only criticism I would render is that Jason Ritter could have had more lines and face-time, however when on screen he is a joy to watch. A cross between Val Kilmer and his dad of course, so cute! I have never seen too many movies with scenery from The South of Africa, now on my bucket list to visit. It was honest and showed the poverty mixed directly in with the wealth set with a landscape that only God could have created and only your wildest imagination could dream.

My wife and I were excited about a movie that was supposed to bring laughs. I think that if I were almost completely inebriated and laughing at everything I still wouldn't have found this movie funny. The acting was horrid. The plot was --- was there one? Poor 'old' Megan Ryan looked like she was trying to act like she was still in Sleepless or Got Mail. We kept trying to watch it through to the end because we were sure it was going to get funny - as a matter of fact, that is what began to be funny. There was literally not one moment in this movie in which we laughed. And it isn't difficult to make us chuckle! Yikes! This will join other capital "L" DVDs in the waste basket. Maybe this movie is a reflection of real life in Hollywood? If that is the case then I am thankful that I am not in the business!