This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book My Life in the Sky and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant. Soon the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) and Christine (Christina Applegate) dreams of working the international routes on a large airline. That... opportunity arises when Royalty Airlines holds a job fair where the girls are drilled by former airline attendant John Whitney (Mike Myers). Soon Donna and Christine find themselves in training at Royalty's home base with the manic Whitney where the ambitious Donna makes it clear that she's headed for the international routes by acing all of Whitney's tests. However Donna finds that success doesn't come without its pitfalls when she ends up stationed in Cleveland where she strikes up a romance while still dreaming about jetting around Europe as a first class flight attendant... [show more]
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A comic look at the world of air-hostesses. Donna (Gwyneth Paltrow) lives in smalltown Nevada but has big dreams of seeing the world by becoming a first-class flight attendant. However, lacking in some of the finer skills to become one, she finds a mentor in Sally (Candice Bergen), a retired veteran turned best-selling author. Donna finds the going tough and when she falls for a law student (Mark Ruffalo) she has to make a hard decision; give up and follow him to Ohio or continue with her dream.
This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book My Life in the Sky and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant Soon the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) and Christine (Christina Applegate) dreams of working the international routes on a large airline That opportunity arises when Royalty Airlines holds a job fair where the girls are drilled by Mike Myers' hilarious former airline attendant John Whitney Soon Donna and Christine find themselves in training at Royalty's home base with the manic Whitney where the ambitious Donna makes it clear that she's headed for the international routes by acing all of Whitney's tests However Donna finds that success doesn't come without its pitfalls when she ends up stationed in Cleveland where she strikes up a romance while still dreaming about jetting around Europe as a first class flight attendant
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