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Born Romantic

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Born Romantic reviews
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8.6 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: David Kane

Directed by: David Kane

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 28, 2001
DVD: May 21, 2002

Running Time: 96 minutes, Color

Origin: UK

Summary

RATING: R for language and sexuality

Starring Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, and David Morrissey

Three young men, cursed with two left feet, pursue three beautiful women across London. (United Artists)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

The New York Times Dana Stevens

In its own modest, genial terms, the picture succeeds: it never wants to be more than charming and sweet, and it invites us to imagine London as a cozy, happy small town where coincidental encounters are everyday occurrences.

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80

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

Though perhaps too mainstream for the art-house crowd and too foreign for the multiplex, Born Romantic is a natural crowd-pleaser, and deserves to be more successful than its limited engagement may permit it to be.

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80

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Dancing, like being in love, sometimes means making a mess of things. Born Romantic makes glorious sense of that mess, trampled toes and all.

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80

Variety Derek Elley

Highly enjoyable when all its gears are clicking, but rarely as good as it should be.

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80

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Kane believes in happy endings, but he makes his characters earn theirs, as each couple is forced, ever so subtly, to face its own inner nonsense. The filmmaker has divine actors at his disposal.

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75

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Director David Kane handles the sprawling cast with aplomb as his characters learn some new steps in this life-and love-affirming movie.

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70

Film Threat Michael Dequina

Smoothly seductive.

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60

Los Angeles Times John Anderson

Although Born Romantic is sweetly intentioned and staunchly on the side of love, it meanders long to enough to alienate whatever affection it otherwise earns.

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60

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Born Romantic feels less like it was born than assembled, in a kooky Britcom factory. It's no "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but it's certainly a happier conception than last month's "Maybe Baby."

50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Only sporadically entertaining.

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40

TV Guide Ken Fox

The shame of it all is that Kane somehow managed to assemble an extraordinary cast, whose fine performances can't surmount the tedium of his script.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

ROBERTO R. gave it a 9:
Delightfully done.

Janice gave it an 8:
Loved every minute of it. Hilarious, yet touching, too. And that Adrian Lester is absolutely dreamy!! The whole movie was a delightful surprise.

Richard gave it a 7:
Slight and predictable, with the somewhat tired "salsa dancing=passion" framing device. But it's helped along by an extremely appealing group of talented actors who mine the script for all it's worth. Ultimately uplifting and an excellent date movie.

Anthony K. gave it a 10:
A great movie to get just to feel great about love and how hard it is to achieve it.

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