Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 14
  2. Negative: 4 out of 14
  1. Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    80
    If McCulloch can draw this much humanity out of his actors, and do it in comedies with a deceptively easygoing poignancy, he's definitely a director to watch.
  2. Half a good romantic comedy. Luke Wilson is the good half...The weak half is Natasha Henstridge.
  3. Reviewed by: Jim Sullivan
    75
    A romantic comedy with an adult sensibility, a film that avoids characters-as-caricatures (with one exception), and deftly mixes cynicism and hope.
  4. This shambling romantic comedy...clings to a sensibility that's imperviously, uncompromisingly Canadian.
  5. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Odd yet thoughtful romantic comedy.
  6. Reviewed by: Kevin Stuart
    60
    Through the laughter, though, there is real empathy for the characters. It's a light-hearted movie.
  7. A slack-paced, surprisingly bland affair, filled with jokes that sound like they should be funny but aren't.
  8. Reviewed by: Roger Thornhill
    50
    It is in the "serious" moments that the film's sentiments don't ring true.
  9. 40
    Quirky, but ultimately disappointing, romantic comedy.
  10. 40
    A series of moments that don't quite add up to a movie...one bland, maundering stroll.
  11. Reviewed by: Robin Rauzi
    30
    Peel away the layers of contrivances, however, and the leftover plot barely fills a doggy bag.
  12. 29
    Populated with whiny, unappealing characters that are impossible to care about and flatly staged sitcomish set-pieces...this lame Canadian import's a real woofer.
  13. Reviewed by: Ron Givens
    25
    If a movie smells like a dog and barks like a dog, well, then it must be a woofer.
  14. A mangy dog of a movie that should have been re-scripted by a better writer and directed by a better filmmaker.