- Critic Score
- Most active
- Publication
- Most clicked
-
91Serendipity has no business working, but it does. And by the way, Eugene Levy has no business almost stealing the show, but he does, too.
-
88Serendipity returns us, if only for a couple of hours, to the Manhattan of our dreams.
-
80The casting is sublime.
-
80Airy and enchanting, this romantic comedy works overtime to sprinkle moonlight and stardust over itself.
-
80Serendipity is "Sliding Doors" with no alternate versions; it's willed enchantment all the way.
-
75Serendipity's finale is a perfect crowd-pleaser, sweet and unlikely and over the top.
-
75Honestly, it's still pretty hard to resist as a guilty pleasure: A fluffy date-night movie that wrung a tear or two from more than one hardened male critic's eyes, chick flick or no.
-
75Serendipity is a throwback to a more innocent era in American life, 25 days ago.
-
70Serendipity leaves one with a pleasant feeling few films generate: that of wanting more.
-
70The most romantic New York movie since August's "Happy Accidents."
-
70A fanciful, featherweight, mostly charming concoction predicated on the old romantic myth that there is one true soul mate out there for us all.
-
63There is a thrill in seeing them wooing and pursuing each other through the streets of New York, a city that here again, for a while, becomes a movie isle of joy.
-
63The lightweight bauble is perfect entertainment for now.
-
63If you can believe Serendipity's cockeyed conceit, you may find that discovering this escapist love story feels like a lucky accident.
-
60Your affection for Serendipity may depend on how fascinated you are by a movie that is apparently going after the all-time record for delayed consummation.
-
58Tasty, but, finally, a little unfulfilling.
-
50This exceedingly romantic comedy begins with flair but lapses into clichés long before the sentimental (and predictable) finale.
-
50Contrived and schematic, Peter Chelsom's film is a mechanical bird that never takes wing.
-
50Maybe the best way to see Serendipity is to take a cue from the characters and wait a few years.
-
50The pace is brisk and the details are carefully arranged, but there's no sparkle -- and what's a romance without that?
-
50It's kinda funny and pretty cute. Sometimes that's all it takes.
-
50It all feels false and calculated, an overearnest attempt to find old-fashioned romantic innocence in the modern world by someone too jaded to believe.
-
50I've never understood why filmmakers construct romances in which the leads hardly spend any time together.
-
50A blithe and unapologetic fairy tale about affairs of the heart, it's a spun-sugar confection that's so light and airy it threatens to simply float away.
-
50The cinematic equivalent of a plate made of spun sugar.
-
50Serendipity already feels archaic, like some dusty relic that's been unearthed from an antique store's attic and polished off for display.
-
40As Serendipity moves into the final stretch, Chelsom's direction becomes frenzied but still lethargic; he never breathes life into the film.
-
40Will serve as an excellent gauge of any viewer's tolerance level for schmaltzy contrivance and manipulation.
-
40Romantic comedy is set mainly in NYC, where the plight of its ambivalent lovers seems particularly trivial.
-
38The plot risks bursting under the strain of its coincidences, as Sara and Jon fly to opposite coasts at the same time and engage in a series of Idiot Plot moves so extreme and wrongheaded that even other characters in the same scene should start shouting helpful suggestions.
-
30The ultimate in deja viewing:an overfamiliar and exasperating game of cat-and-mousie.
-
20Does romantic comedy have to come off as sugared stupidity? It does here.
-
20Insipid, by-the-numbers romance.
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 13 out of 18
-
Mixed: 2 out of 18
-
Negative: 3 out of 18
-
10I watched this movie... how many times? 20? 30? And everytime I always feel the same magic feelings...
-
CassianJ.7
-
Eliza10It is wonderful romantic story. It is my favorite love story. Advice to everyone who still trust in true Love.