Critic Reviews
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Film.com
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.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Jim Sullivan
A romantic comedy with an adult sensibility, a film that avoids characters-as-caricatures (with one exception), and deftly mixes cynicism and hope.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Half a good romantic comedy. Luke Wilson is the good half...The weak half is Natasha Henstridge.
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| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly
This shambling romantic comedy...clings to a sensibility that's imperviously, uncompromisingly Canadian.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
Odd yet thoughtful romantic comedy.
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| 60 |
Newsweek
Kevin Stuart
Through the laughter, though, there is real empathy for the characters. It's a light-hearted movie.
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| 50 |
LA Weekly
Roger Thornhill
It is in the "serious" moments that the film's sentiments don't ring true.
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| 50 |
New York Post
A slack-paced, surprisingly bland affair, filled with jokes that sound like they should be funny but aren't.
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| 40 |
Village Voice
A series of moments that don't quite add up to a movie...one bland, maundering stroll.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
Quirky, but ultimately disappointing, romantic comedy.
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| 30 |
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
Peel away the layers of contrivances, however, and the leftover plot barely fills a doggy bag.
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| 29 |
Mr. Showbiz
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.
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| 25 |
New York Daily News
Ron Givens
If a movie smells like a dog and barks like a dog, well, then it must be a woofer.
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| 20 |
TNT RoughCut
A mangy dog of a movie that should have been re-scripted by a better writer and directed by a better filmmaker.
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