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Venus and Mars
Buena Vista International

Venus and Mars reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 31 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.2 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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based on 4 votes
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Ben Taylor, Daniela Amavia, Ryan Hurst, Fay Masterson, Julia Sawalha, Julie Bowen, and Michael Weatherly

As Venus and Mars are lining up, four friends gather and hope that one of them will fall in love.


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Ben Taylor  
DIRECTED BY: Harry Mastrogeorge  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: April 18, 2003 
RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Germany 

What The Critics Said

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50
Variety Robert Koehler
Thesping and production values are solid and sometimes even attractive, but pic's overall American-style gloss becomes extremely odd and discomforting given the setting.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The ideal movie for people too lazy to read a Harlequin romance, this by-the-numbers love story doesn't offer a single surprise.
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50
The New York Times Dave Kehr
Lopes along amiably enough, offering a few smiles and the standard bromides about the importance of being yourself and pursuing your dreams. It's tolerable but forgettable.
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40
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Not exactly terrible, merely stale and pointless.
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40
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Simultaneously nakedly formulaic and oddly clumsy, particularly in terms of character introduction.
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38
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A mild cross between "The Big Chill" and "Sex and the City," this English-language German oddity is a romantic comedy passing through on its way to video.
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20
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Sometimes the predictability of a romantic comedy is reassuring, and sometimes it makes you want to scream, as with this witless wonder.
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10
Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg
Painfully contrived, Venus and Mars's dialogue tends toward banal (as opposed to quotably bad), and the rhythm at which lines are read is definitely alien.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jessa C. gave it a 9:
I love this movie. It's one of my favorites. I would like to see it again.

Kristy R. gave it an 8:
Oh Please, I really loved this film. It's not meant to be an oscar contender, it's meant to be a sappy, romantic comedy and i love it for that.

Jacques B. gave it a 0:
Just Awful!

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