Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

Is it love... or are they just imagining things?

PG-13 2003 · 96 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Romance

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

Directed by Rob Reiner · Written by Jeremy Leven

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Luke Wilson Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
Kate Hudson Emma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
Sophie Marceau Polina Delacroix
David Paymer John Shaw
Lobo Sebastian Bobby / Flamenco Dancer #1
Chino XL Tony / Flamenco Dancer #2
Rob Reiner Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren
Cloris Leachman Grandmother
Alexander Wauthier Andre Delacroix
Leili Kramer Michele Delacroix
Rip Taylor Polina's Farther
Gigi Bermingham Madame Blanche

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