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  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Alex Sheldon (Wilson) is an author whose writer's block is the least of his problems - he also happens to be flat broke and owes Cuban loan sharks $100,000. Desperate, Alex secures the services of opinionated stenographer Emma Dinsmore (Hudson) to help him complete his novel and get paid by his publisher in time to save his skin. (Warn...

Directed By: Rob Reiner

Written By: Jeremy Leven

  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 36 m

Alex & Emma

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 35 Critic Reviews
32
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 32 User Ratings
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Summary Alex Sheldon (Wilson) is an author whose writer's block is the least of his problems - he also happens to be flat broke and owes Cuban loan sharks $100,000. Desperate, Alex secures the services of opinionated stenographer Emma Dinsmore (Hudson) to help him complete his novel and get paid by his publisher in time to save his skin. (Warn...

Directed By: Rob Reiner

Written By: Jeremy Leven

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 35 Critic Reviews
32
3% Positive
1 Review
49% Mixed
17 Reviews
49% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 35 Critic Reviews
32
3% Positive
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49% Mixed
17 Reviews
49% Negative
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75
Alex & Emma isn't nearly as clever as Reiner's classic "Misery," a very different look at a male writer and his female companion. But it's diverting fun.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
Hudson and Wilson share a natural and easy chemistry that helps compensate for the Cuban-mobster subplot.
By Angel Cohn FULL REVIEW
50
Had the picture maintained a sense of lightheartedness, it may have better lived up to its genre. But, as is, Alex & Emma is flat, neither whimsically romantic nor consistently comedic.
By Laine Ewen FULL REVIEW
40
Dull and listless from the start, partly because the leads fail to connect and partly because both the script and the direction let them down.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
33
You can't help but think how much better this film would be had Woody Allen directed it...How much more acerbic fun would it be to see Judy Davis playing stenographer to a neurotic, writer's-blocked Woody?
By Kim Morgan FULL REVIEW
25
Reiner, who made "This is Spinal Tap," "The Sure Thing," "When Harry Met Sally" -- memorable movies all -- has made this silly slice of Lean Cuisine. And that, in the end, makes Alex and Emma an utter tragedy.
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Astonishingly dull. The leads have zero chemistry, the supporting actors are even worse, and the script is a lifeless, draggy thing.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 32 User Ratings
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Production Company Epsilon Motion Pictures, Franchise Pictures, Reiner-Greisman, Escape Artists
Release Date Jun 20, 2003
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Is it love... or are they just imagining things?
Website https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/alex-emma
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Awards

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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