THE BACHELOR (1999). Gary Sinyor's update of Buster Keaton's Seven Chances finds perennial bachelor Jimmie Shannon (Chris O'Donnell) breaking up with girlfriend Anne (Renée Zellweger), then getting left $100 million by his grandfather (Peter Ustinov) provided he marries within the next 24 hours. Jimmie botches his attempted reconciliation with Anne and is forced to cycle through a tawdry assortment of old flames and money-hungry brides-in-waiting. Although O'Donnell is no Keaton, he's passable as the romantic lead; it's the once infallibly cute Zellweger who comes off as rumpled and awkward. What gives the film its punch is the eclectic supporting cast, most pointedly Brooke Shields as a ghost from Jimmie's dating past.

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