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Committed

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 22 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Lisa Krueger
Directed by: Lisa Krueger
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 28, 2000
DVD: October 10, 2000
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language
Starring Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, and Luke Wilson
A young woman goes in search of her husband who, suffering from a mid-life crisis, left her.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Graham is lots of fun to watch, but it's hard to reconcile the split halves of her character.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Runs dry amid the cactus and sagebrush, but Graham's cartoony take on angelic unstoppableness makes us not mind so much.
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Graham is funny and adorable in this endearing little romantic comedy.
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Writer-director Lisa Krueger bends over backward to make everyone happy.
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Krueger's comedy doesn't always spark, but its underlying intelligence - not to mention Graham's eyes - shines through.
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
There's a sense of life to Committed that's unpredictable and sweet, but too much of it is cluttered with lazy shortcuts.
LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
The best thing about Committed, though, is Krueger, a filmmaker who's not only willing to lead us into the well-traveled terrain of romantic comedy, but able to show us something new there.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
It's a fizzle as as comedy. Still, the film has character.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
With its capacity to surprise, the film comes to life when you don't expect it to, in tiny but wonderfully off-center moments.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Works as a quixotic study of emotional quirks.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
This romantic comedy turns stereotypes inside out as the main character, whose sense of commitment is represented by a tattoo on her finger instead of a wedding ring.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
It's a one-joke premise that ultimately wears thin, but Krueger works some playful variations on a theme.
TV Guide Ken Fox
But one can only imagine how different the film might have been with, say, Parker Posey or Catherine Keener -- truly funky actresses with some real edge -- in the lead.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
An inert screwball cartoon, a celebration of monogamy as fashion statement.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
The real problem here is that director Krueger has no flair as a writer or a director for inspired screwball comedy.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
You need to accept the fact that practically everyone in the picture, particularly the leading lady, is a boneheaded nitwit.
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Should have never made it up the distribution aisle.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
Comedy, like marriage, takes more work than this.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Graham maintains a casual charm throughout it all, but she lacks the kind of emotional depth that might have pulled this hodge-podge together.
Read Full Review >Film.com Robert Horton
Until it backs itself into a narrative corner, Lisa Krueger's Committed is a delightfully unpredictable experience.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
One more movie comedy about how love can turn you into an idiot. And its major flaw, among many others, is that the idiocy takes over the movie.
Film.com Ernest Hardy
Afailed attempt at a hipster screwball comedy. Very failed.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andrew M. gave it a 5:
I found myself at the end of this film wondering if I'd enjoyed it...and the fact that I had to ask meant I probably didn't. The film was just a little too odd for me. It was comedy I wasn't really into. I think, and openly admit, that I probably just didn't get it! The strange thing is that I was kept glued to my seat for the whole film?... The characters, while a little disturbing, were also engaging and interesting. For me, a hard film to rate. It didn't make me laugh, but it did make me care, so I'll give it 5.
Jutmanee E. gave it a 9:
Style elements in this need to be taken less literally much of it was for atmosphere and sybolism as well as entertainment (it is a movie!) the underlying attitude of this thing is what is important and what resonates...symbolically and thus spiritually...holding forth firmly and with conviction...but letting go with that same conviction....navigating the possibilities with sincerity...and courage...a bit like that serenity prayer...
