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90 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 159 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
  • Summary: The timeless romantic story of two questing hearts and minds whose powerful bond defies time and place. (Warner Independent Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    100
    This is one of the most wildly romantic movies in ages.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    This is a romance with minimal physical contact and sex--and that's part of what makes it work so well as a love story.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Angel Cohn
    60
    This sweet film is a genuine treat, even if there's little plot, no antic mayhem and its 90-minute running time is mostly consumed by nonstop, sometimes pretentious dialogue.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 83
  3. Negative: 15 out of 83
  1. YssysG.
    10
    The ending it's just perfect!
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. CY.
    10
    Strange hybrid of incandescent emotions and real life messiness; sublime yet grounded dialogue; and the most unabashedly romantic slice of life cinema since Brief Encounter.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Kristin
    2
    I find it truly alarming and dismaying that so many critics find this film to be lovely and romantic and intelligent. I found it to be offensive and self important. How can anyone take to heart the intellectual prattling of a man who is willing to walk out on his wife and 4 year old son for a fantasy relationship with a woman he has known for 9 hours.? Its disgusting, spineless and utterly selfish. Ethan Hwake's character needs to hurry home, help his wife with the dishes and take his son to tee ball. Delpy needs to stick with unmarried men and maybe volunteer caring for infants at a maternity ward or something. It seems to me that we should be cheering couples with children on rather than telling stories that romanticize abandoning one's family. Am I the only one who finds this profoundly disturbing?… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes

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