| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"As weepies go, this is a perfectly good one." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...it is a tearjerker, it's just that it's a good one." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"It's a film about falling in love and looking back on it, and it avoids many of the genre's syrupy dangers." more... |
B |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"(Rachel) McAdams shows great personality, and (Ryan) Gosling - best known for much darker roles - makes a credible romantic hero." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"Cheesy? Totally. But totally moving as well." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Norm Schrager |
"...a standard tearjerker, filling the screen with handfuls of manipulative Hollywood clichés." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"... a fundamental lack of chemistry between the two star-crossed lovers..." more... |
D |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Unapologetic romantic schmaltz..." more... |
B |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...the movie veers between unbleached sugar and artificial sweetener." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Sadly, the elements that made the book special did not survive the transition to the screen." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...there's no way to endure the movie without earplugs and a blindfold." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...its romantic casting just doesn't spark..." more... |
B- |
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