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  • 2008
  • R
  • Palisades Pictures
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Palisades Pictures
  • 1 h 58 m
A Previous Engagement

Summary When Seattle librarian Julia Reynolds talks her unadventurous, jigsaw-obsessed husband, Jack, into a once-in-a-lifetime vacation on the Mediterranean island of Malta, she has a secret agenda: a date made 25 years earlier with her first love, Alex. But she's stunned when the sexy Frenchman not only shows up, but insists she's his true lov...

Directed By: Joan Carr-Wiggin

Written By: Joan Carr-Wiggin

  • 2008
  • R
  • Palisades Pictures
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Palisades Pictures
  • 1 h 58 m

A Previous Engagement

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Seattle librarian Julia Reynolds talks her unadventurous, jigsaw-obsessed husband, Jack, into a once-in-a-lifetime vacation on the Mediterranean island of Malta, she has a secret agenda: a date made 25 years earlier with her first love, Alex. But she's stunned when the sexy Frenchman not only shows up, but insists she's his true lov...

Directed By: Joan Carr-Wiggin

Written By: Joan Carr-Wiggin

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
46
25% Positive
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63% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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63% Mixed
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13% Negative
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75
While this slow-starting update of "Private Lives" has plenty of laughs, the incredibly expressive (and too-seldom seen) Stevenson turns Julia's romantic dilemma into something genuinely moving. She makes A Previous Engagement something special.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
Stevenson casts her usual magic in this frankly adult, determinedly lighthearted comedy of romantic errors.
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50
Even Stevenson, a singularly accomplished and versatile actress, can't do much with Julia's early scenes, in which she's forced to dither around like a complete idiot.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
Stevenson manages to deliver a few poignant moments of nostalgia for the pleasures of youth against the stunning backdrop of the Maltese coastline.
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40
A dreary experience.
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40
More tired than the fantasy it promotes, A Previous Engagement aims at middle-aged women with the subtlety of a pitch for bladder-control medication.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
38
Though frantic from the get-go, A Previous Engagement rarely finds its feet. Devoid of the fine balance of grace and chaos necessary to any screen farce, the proceedings are slapdash, repetitious and badly overextended.
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Production Company Ashdale Films Malta Ltd., Buccaneer Films, Film Services Ltd.
Release Date May 9, 2008
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
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Tagline some vacations can change your life
Website http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film-reviews/movie-reviews-the-fall-i-for-india-mister-lonely/18849/?page=2
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