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Genre :

Comedy, Drama, Adventure

Release Date :

January 13, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Wayne Wang

Starring :

Alicia Witt, Queen Latifah, Timothy Hutton, LL Cool J, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael Nouri, Matt Ross, Jascha Washington

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

“..witless and drearily paced..”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
3.5 of 5

“..warm, funny and inspiring..”
by Christine James [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 5

“..sometimes droll, sometimes whimsical, and usually sharp..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
“..should be a solid King Day holiday weekend entry with sufficient word-of-mouth stamina to emerge as a tidy little hit for Paramount Pictures..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
2 of 5

“..Latifah is a bundle of personality, and it's only due to her presence that the film doesn't become unbearably boring..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
5 of 10

“..is too unoriginal to really set it apart from other light comedies..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
4.5 of 5

“..incredibly heartfelt and endearing..”
by Dan Deevy [The Cinema Source]
“..hugely enjoyable..”
by Scott Foundas [L.A. Weekly]
3 of 5

“..doesn't aspire much further than basic romantic comedy standards..”
by Brian Orndorf [EFilmCritic]
4 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Kathy Cano Murillo [The Arizona Republic]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Joshua Tyler [Cinema Blend]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Heather Wood [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Cathy Jakicic [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Marrit Ingman [Austin Chronicle]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Fernando F. Croce [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Linda [Moviepie]
Reviewed by Bret McCabe [Baltimore City Paper]

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posted by Zytiegpc on Jul 13, 2009

I give it 10 stars just like Beauty Shop thats 10 stars to I love them both and i own them both

posted by kellyq982 on Aug 23, 2009

latifah makes it quite enjoyable. 7/10.

posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009
 
 

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