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Return To Me

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 33 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by:
Bonnie Hunt (also story)
Don Lake (also story)
Andrew Stern (story)
Samantha Goodman (story)
Directed by: Bonnie Hunt
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 7, 2000
DVD: October 31, 2000
Running Time: 115 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for language and thematic elements
Starring David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, and Carrol O'Conner
A young man (Duchovny) falls in love with a woman (Driver) and later learns she is the one who received his former wife's heart. He must decide which woman it is who holds his heart.
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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...
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Duchovny and Driver have distinctive good looks and they both combine attractiveness with talent and intelligence. Best of all, they possess that essential quality all screen lovers must have: terrific chemistry.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
Comes off as an exceedingly pleasant, wistful romantic romp.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Saved throughout by its inviting atmosphere and richness of characters.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
A welcome return to the courtship, cuddling and sweet nothings of yesteryear.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
This romantic comedy is about a love that is destined to be, and it celebrates that warm huddle of caring and craziness called family.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It is what it is, without apology or compromise. It made me smile a lot.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
A top cast, guided by actress Bonnie Hunt in her directing debut, mixes comedy and corn with savvy.
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Almost seems like a godsend in this age of romantic-comedy schmaltz.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
Duchovny is rather endearing and Driver's absolutely enchanting.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
As light and fluffy as it is, Return to Me still proves surprisingly inviting.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
These characters deserve more than storybook plotting, as do we. The movie has won our hearts. It shouldn't be so timid about challenging our minds.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
The real strength of Return to Me is Hunt, who knows just when to retreat from the film's overriding sweetness and inject a cynical moment or two.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The cinematic equivalent of meat loaf -- comfort food that's reassuring in its utter lack of sophistication and surprises.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
She (Hunt) is perfection even when her movie falls a little short.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Crammed with such earnest belief in the power of love - even if it happens in the Chicago Zoo - it almost doesn't matter that O'Connor and Loggia have better chemistry than Duchovny and Driver.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
But there is a satisfying, old-fashioned "Moonstruck" sensibility at work, one that will be appreciated by folks who like their beef corned and their movies cornier.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
If Return to Me is ultimately too bland and safe, it'll nevertheless serve as a calling card for Hunt's future directorial projects.
Read Full Review >Newsweek Andrea C. Basora
In the second half the film meanders into all the danger areas one might expect: predictable plot twists, tearful separation scenes between the lovers, and even a joyful reunion in Rome.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
First-time director Bonnie Hunt pays slavish adherence to the Nora Ephron rules of assembly for the prefab rom-com.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
There's little rapport between Duchovny and Driver after their initial meeting. More exciting and suspenseful is the relationship between Driver's confidant (Hunt) and her husband (James Belushi), who can't seem to get all their kids to go to sleep at the same time.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Diana Abu-Jaber
Some might call this cheap, formulaic and manipulative, but then again, it still might make you cry.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Hunt is so vibrant that the movie suffers when she's not around.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Trite and silly, but, blast it, the movie has a good heart.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Infused with enough infectious charm to make us forget how dopey the plot is and become swept up in its breezy countenance.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Essentially a romantic comedy with a heavier-than-usual dramatic component.
Read Full Review >Variety Emanuel Levy
A simplistic, highly contrived romantic comedy about the mysterious workings of fate.
Read Full Review >Film.com Robert Horton
A difficult time rising above the level of a reasonably nice TV-movie.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Erin Podolsky
The two leads are what sell it.
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Where else could this flabby excuse for a women's movie go? Straight to the Oxygen Channel, if it's lucky.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Weightless and polite when it means to be magical and gentle, Return to Me is a piece of fruit gone soft from being off the vine too long.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
If you get past the preposterous hypothesis at the start of Return to Me, you'll find a passably pleasant, utterly bland romantic comedy without a surprise to its 110 minutes.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The picture goes for sentimentality rather than substance every chance it gets, and the cast falls right into its syrupy trap.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jay H gave it an8:
This is one of those movies I shouldn't have liked but did. As illogical as it is, the film has a lot of charm, warm performances, a nice mixture of romance, comedy and drama. Somehow director Bonnie Hunt makes it work.
M J gave it an8:
Yes, there is a hapy, spappy ending, thats why it is called a Romantic Comody, it has so much more. Unlike many modern movies "Return to Me" make use of strong supporting charaters. These guys had fun making this movie and it shows. For a full cast of human beings in a movie you can watch with your grandmother or teenage daughter, for a music track to play again and again, for potty mouth children, for loving relationships many stages and forms in friends, family and courtship, for Carole O' Conner having the time of his life, see "Return to Me. Then watch it again and dance to the old fashiond charm of Joey Gian's "What if I Loved You".
Nate H gave it an8:
Predictable. Another case where the couple in question is much overshadowed by the brilliance of the supporting cast. I would like to see a movie about any of them, without the mildly engaging obligatory love story taking up the screen time. My wife loves it.
Mario B. gave it a 10:
This is indeed the Best Story and Movie that I have seen since Roman Holiday . All these actors are absolutely outstanding in everyway. Too bad more movies like this were not made more. Thank You Mario Buksa.
Mitch H. gave it an 8:
A very charming and romantic movie that warmed my heart. You also have to love Bonnie Hunt.
Audrey H. gave it a 6:
Cute, but then again, I'll never give a Minnie Driver movie lower than a five. You do the math.
