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Loving Jezebel
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Loving Jezebel reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 33 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.3 out of 10
based on 12 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language and sexuality

Starring Andre B. Blake, Elisa Donovan, and Hill Harper

A young man (Harper) has found throughout his entire life that he is cursed with falling in love with other men's women.


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Kwyn Bader  
DIRECTED BY: Kwyn Bader  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 10, 2001 
Video: April 10, 2001 
Theatrical: October 27, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 85 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
A joyous first feature by director Kwyn Bader, is a charmer.
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63
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie's problem is a fundamental lack of substance.
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50
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
There's more gymnastic yammering in Loving Jezebel than in a season of "Dawson's Creek."
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
All we get is the Oedipal nightmare of a mom, the flaky teddy-bear fanatic, the sexual vampire, and on and on.
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45
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Captures the embarrassment of foreplay, but it could use a few lessons in the art of seduction
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40
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Mr. Bader was lucky to get a good cast.
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40
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
A charming, albeit slightly overextended (even at 81 minutes) multiracial sex comedy.
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38
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Isn't as relentlessly vulgar or cartoonish as "The Ladies Man" - nor is it a whole lot more realistic.
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30
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
A romantic comedy that's trying its damnedest to be cute and endearing and might be more successful if it weren't built on a foundation of barely-concealed misogyny.
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25
Chicago Tribune Loren King
Run-of-the-mill sitcom-y in its pedestrian writing and uninspired direction.
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20
LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
What's meant to be a colorblind story, plays up age-old stereotypes.
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20
Village Voice Jessica Winter
An oafish wish-fulfillment wankfest.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kelvin J. gave it a 10:
This movie is by far the greatest love story I have ever encoutered! Laurel Holloman is a gorgeous actress and Hill Harper did a fantastic job!

Travis W. gave it a 9:
All around great show!!

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