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Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

  • Starring: Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher
  • Summary: It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A Lot Like Love is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance and friendships and happily ever after. (Touchstone Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 31
  2. Negative: 9 out of 31
  1. An entertainment success, a triple threat of fresh writing, inspired directing, and, yes, good acting.
  2. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    80
    In essence, British director Nigel Cole has brought a breezy arthouse sensibility to this tale of fated love.
  3. This is a hand-me-(dumbed)-down chick flick that is counting on Kutcher's tabloid popularity and Peet's unmistakable though here underutilized talents to cover up for rote characterizations, tired plot devices and a general lack of inspiration.
  4. A poor man's "When Harry Met Sally."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Negative: 7 out of 22
  1. VijayS.
    9
    It's a nice love story.
  2. CorinnaW.
    7
    I actually thought it was really good-but not great. Predictable though it was, it still managed to be charming and Peet and Kutcher had chemistry. However, at the beginning Peet has so much life and sparkle to her which she seems to have lost the next time they meet, along with her astonishing beauty. Expand
  3. A Lot Like Love could have been a generic Rom-Com but it has two things going for it and those two things are its talented leads Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. The story isnâ Expand
  4. FelixQ.
    3
    Being one of those people who can sit back and enjoy a predictable, popcorn type movie without much worrying about plot and just enjoying it for what it is, I hated this one. Something about this movie just rubbed me the wrong way- with sandpaper. It's not a terrible concept (althought it does test your patience) and the writing is passable. It could've been wittier, it could've used a few more 'smart' laughs. Actually, I think the thing that put me off this one is the casting (and even the writing) of the two main characters. Ashton Kutcher I can handle- Just Married was nice, I actually like him paired with Brittany Murphy. He seems to be slowly heading for the dreaded funk that so many romantic/comedy lead men have fallen into- he's playing the same character in every movie. Steve Martin did this for years, but he had the advantage of some of the best scripts and characters ever created in the genre. Somehow, Ashton's Kelso character in That 70's Show had more definition than this role. But Amanda Peet grinds on my nerves like no one else can. There's an inherent smarm factor in her that makes her unstomachable to me, and it overpowers the movie itself. Movies that she has been in that I've liked, I've liked in spite of her because the quality of the rest of the cast and the script have pulled it up. (Something's gotta Give, Igby Goes Down) This movie had none of that charm, but could've worked with two leads who actually had some chemistry and a few re-writes by someone like Kevin Smith. Expand

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