Dear John
Screen Gems | Release Date: February 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
25
Negative:
5
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70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Dear John carefully distills selected elements of human experience and reduces them to a sweet and digestible syrup. It may not be strong medicine, but it delivers an effective, pleasing dose of pure sentiment and vicarious heartache. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
I'm fully prepared to hear people write off Dear John as corny, sappy, a movie for chicks. But I'd counter that Hallström's old-fashioned idealism about art and emotion is the more important quality shining through Dear John. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson
Fulfills its mission, which is to be a crowd-pleasing tearjerker. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
There's an audience for old-fashioned romance, and Dear John will please most of it. Read full review
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