Eventually, Sarah seeks out Burrows to see if he is her biological father, but instead she gets drunk and sleeps him, making Burrows record 3-0 with the females in her bloodline.

The picture's greatest strength was the inner motivations for both Sarah and Beau for having a small unsubstantiated romance. Both characters were searching for a piece of the memory of Sarah's mother, whom both loved deeply. Once the motivations came out, their actions made sense. Up until then, I could NOT understand why either person was allowing a romantic relationship to develop.

Aniston has a lot of great sequences, opening the show showing her concern for her choices from the top of the show with just her face. As the picture progress, you could see and hear her inner conflict. She's done better in some other projects, but this was a good part for her.

Shirley McClaine was providing the only laughs of the movie. I have a problem even labeling this picture a comedy, since it's only ONE character who has anything funny to retort. McClaine was awesome, however. There was no one better to give all the funny lines to.

Richard Jenkins (Fun with Dick and Jane) also did a good job as Sarah's father. Mark Ruffalo (Just Like Heaven) and Kevin Costner (The Postman) were both tools in this movie. Although Costner handled his character just fine, he didn't MAKE the role his own. I think someone else could have really made it special; same goes for Ruffalo.

The picture had one big problem. The performances and the material were not where near special enough to make this movie memorable. I liked that the picture stayed away from a couple of conventional turns it easily could have made, so I'm not talking about its originality, simply its ability to be memorable. I think maybe that would be director Rob Reiner's (A Few Good Men, Misery) miss.

Overall, I think you could skip "Rumor Has It..." among your movies to catch in the theaters. It may even play BETTER on your home DVD system. I'm going to buy it simply it's an OKAY Jennifer Aniston movie, but I don't think you'll miss much if you let this one die at the box office; however, if you DO decide to see it, I don't think you'll be entirely disappointed.

Benn - Where's the Humanity?

This is the second movie that has come out in the fall of 05 that Jennifer Aniston starred in and it is the second sub-par performance for her. I can excuse her for Derailed because the writing was bad and she may have been out of her element being in a thriller. However, this movie is a heart felt comedy, which is right up her ally yet at no point did she seem into the role. When I watch Aniston in the movie "Bruce Almighty," she looks alive and full of energy. She shows her emotions in that movie, she looks happy when her character was happy and she looked sad when she her character was sad. In "Rumor Has It…" at no point did I feel her emotions peak or valley, just one steady stream of complacency almost. I don't know if her personal life has affected her work, I can only assume that it is and that is unfortunate. I hope that she takes a mini-break, deal with her personal life, and then come back, she has the talent to be an Academy Award ® winner and she needs to get back to work.

As for the rest of the cast, Costner was there to collect a paycheck, Mena Suvari was loud and annoying, so I guess considering that was her part its ok. But the star was the grandmother of the movie Shirley MacLaine. She was the funniest in the movie and her comedic timing was perfect.

I agree with Benn on the story and its faults. I to may own this movie some day, only if I can get it previously viewed, its just not that good of a romantic comedy.