Message in a Bottle
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: February 12, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critics
Positive:
4
Mixed:
13
Negative:
6
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
This hunk of celluloid flotsam will come back sooner rather than later, washed up on the remote shelves of your local video store. My advice: shred the message, recycle the bottle. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Even the easily weepy may grow impatient with the snail’s pace of this melancholy romance. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
Get out your hankies and weep for the heart-tugging disaster Message in a Bottle. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Newman's cuteness aside, this movie feels long-winded. Read full review
30
Washington PostRita Kempley
There's only one thing to do with this "Bottle": Put a cork in it. Read full review
10
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Dreary, lachrymose and incredibly poky tear-jerker that makes its audience wait and wait and wait until nearly the last second for its jerking. Read full review
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