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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Starring: David Paymer, Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau
  • Summary: Alex Sheldon (Wilson) is an author whose writer's block is the least of his problems - he also happens to be flat broke and owes Cuban loan sharks $100,000. Desperate, Alex secures the services of opinionated stenographer Emma Dinsmore (Hudson) to help him complete his novel and get paid by his publisher in time to save his skin. (Warner Bros.) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 35
  2. Negative: 17 out of 35
  1. Alex & Emma isn't nearly as clever as Reiner's classic "Misery," a very different look at a male writer and his female companion. But it's diverting fun.
  2. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    A desperately slight romantic comedy marked by contrived romance and little comedy.
  3. 50
    Reiner gets lucky with his two stars. Wilson has charm to spare, and Hudson brings humor and sexiness to playing Emma and four au pair girls from different countries. But even they can't float a balloon with lead in it.
  4. 38
    Emma writes everything down and then offers helpful suggestions, although she fails to supply the most useful observation of all, which would be to observe that the entire novel is complete crap.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Negative: 3 out of 7

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