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Genre :

Comedy, Romance

Release Date :

August 26, 2005 (NY)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Michael Showalter

Starring :

Michelle Williams, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Theroux, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Peter Dinklage, David Wain

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

“..The more the film stresses and strains to be funny, the unfunnier it gets..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
2.5 of 5

“..promising, quite funny, but ultimately underwhelming..”
by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4

“..never rises above merely pleasant..”
by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
3 of 5

“..despite a few chuckles, it misfires with predictable plotting and forced farce...”
by [E! Online]
2.5 of 5

“..delivers some nicely judged comic moments..”
by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 4

“..a thoroughly charming and satisfying romantic comedy with charismatic quirkiness...”
by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
1 of 4

“..a terrible comedy and a worse movie..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2.5 of 4

“..a skewed-perspective screwball comedy which is cute, dependably amusing, and yet so docile and unthreatening..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
8 of 10

“..a competent first film from Showalter which throws out more than a few surprises...”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
3 of 4

“..a briskly paced and tightly constructed romantic comedy of breezy charm...”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Todd LaPlace [EFilmCritic]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 4
Reviewed by [The Filmiliar Cineaste]

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