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Fools Rush In
EMAILPRINTColumbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by:
Katherine Reback (also story)
Joan Taylor (story)
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 14, 1997
DVD: December 3, 2002
Running Time: 109 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sensuality and brief language
Starring Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomas Milian, Siobhan Fallon, John Bennett Perry, and Jill Clayburgh
A New Yorker (Perry) transplanted to Las Vegas and a beautiful local artist (Hayek) impetuously decide to tie the knot.
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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...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A sweet, entertaining retread of an ancient formula, in which opposites attract despite all the forces arrayed to push them apart.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
If you want daring or original, Fools Rush In isn't the movie to see. Like 90% of all romantic comedies, it follows a time-honored formula that allows little room for variation.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
Perhaps a bit miscast, and with a penchant for too many double-takes, Perry nonetheless is game.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Reback's script has real substance and perception, with Alex and Isabel emerging as individuals of depth and dimension, and their story is told with humor, passion and wit.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Hurried, harried. [14 February 1997, pg.D4]
Variety Todd McCarthy
In a role that Tom Hanks might have played a decade or so ago, Perry is pretty bland and doesn't provide any hints as to why Alex is so emotionally stymied.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Though the climax of the story is a little forced and sloppy, with both lovers behaving way out of character, this movie is aware enough of the conventions it's using that it's more moving than cloying.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The result is a stilted culture clash and a lot of monochromatically conflicted facial expressions from Perry before he's thawed by the love of an ethnic woman.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
The film never gets past the unlikelihood that its characters have much chance of living happily ever after. Or of finding real heat or humor along the way.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
The best that can be said is that neither Matthew Perry nor Salma Hayek embarrass themselves, but they're both appealing enough that the same could probably be said if they were starring in a commercial for a hair-replacement system.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
Salma Hayek steals the awkwardly formulaic, cliche-ridden show right out from under him (Perry).
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Tennant's featherweight comedy is clearly pitched at the date-movie crowd, and couples may enjoy it if they can get past the picture's simplistic ethnic stereotypes and its willingness to wish away every real-life family problem the characters will surely face after the feel-good finale.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
A sour romantic comedy that arrives in theaters just in time to spoil Valentine's Day. Its plot is a catalog of unpleasantness. Its characters are repellent.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Andy Klein
This really should have gone straight to video--or, better yet, to the nearest landfill.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
This isn't real life. It isn't even a movie. It's an extended sitcom. And for the first time in your life, you'll actually beg for commercials.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
James H gave it a7:
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, obviously more than most people. Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry lift this well above the ordinary romantic comedy. Although the story is pretty routine, it does have the unique twist of the clashing cultures that spark a more interesting story. It's the stars that make it work.
Juana C. gave it a10:
AWESOME.
fgdg gave it a10:
Cool.
