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5.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins, John Cusack
  • Summary: As thirty-something divorced pre-school teacher Sarah Nolan (Lane) braves a series of hilariously disastrous mismatches and first dates, she begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 36
  3. Negative: 8 out of 36
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    75
    It's a frisky romantic comedy with a great title and wonderfully appealing performances.
  2. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    60
    The movie does find fresh ways to tweak the formula, making it more than the sum of its broad strokes.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    Did Lane and John Cusack really have to put themselves through this? Here are two first-rate actors in the embarrassing situation of playing blithering misfits in a lame comedy of errors.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 11 out of 31
  1. NW
    10
    I laughed the entire time. Great chemistry and John Cusack is his usual rumpled, hilarious self.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TonyB.
    5
    Totally unnecessary and inconsequential, Must Love Dogs is pleasant enough to be palatable. The cast deserves much better material.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Elsa
    3
    Bland and flat. The characters have no chemistry. It's filled with tired romantic comedy chestnuts, like the family that suddenly bursts into a choreographed song at the dinner table. The dog angle was barely used and felt tacked on. It's like a computer created a bad Nora Ephron cloned movie, and this was the result.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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