31 Greatest Billy Crystal Movies Ranked Worst To Best

In 2001, it was considered an embarrassment of riches to have Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Billy Crystal as the four leads of a single film — not to mention an ensemble rounded out by Stanley Tucci, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Hank Azaria, and Seth Green. But that's exactly what "America's Sweethearts" brought to the table, with Crystal also serving as producer and co-writer. 

Crystal plays publicist Lee Phillips, who decides that the best way to promote an upcoming movie starring Hollywood's hottest husband-and-wife acting partners Eddie Thomas and Gwen Harrison (Cusack and Zeta-Jones) is to have them pretend that they aren't actually going through a nasty divorce in real life. At the same time, Eddie is starting to fall for Gwen's sister (Roberts), while Gwen is also pursuing her own separate relationship — all of which Lee is trying to keep under wraps just long enough for the movie to come out. It's all a pretty entertaining look at celebrity culture and the way actors are "sold" to us, even if it doesn't quite have the bite that it could've to really make it exceptional.