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Genre :

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Release Date :

February 03, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Sanaa Hamri

Starring :

Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard, Katharine Towne, Blair Underwood, Jenifer Lewis, Golden Brooks

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..will please romantic comedy lovers of all genders, colors, and persuasions..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..offers enough moments of genuine humor..”

by Mack Bates [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

“..Hamri shows a firm hand with her actors and injects the movie with a fresh energy that lives up to the title..”

by Randy Cordova [The Arizona Republic]

“..comes off as mostly something old and something borrowed--from Terry McMillian novels and from better movies..”

by [E! Online]

“..an undemanding, reassuring chick flick with prefab notions of relationships and reconciliations..”

by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

“..a shaky piece of work, with stumpy cinematography, choppy edits, speechy dialogue, and loose plotlines..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

“..a satisfying chick flick that follows all the usual rules of the modern romantic comedy except one - it's not stupid..”

by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]

“..a keenly observed urban romantic comedy..”

by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]

Reviewed by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Reviewed by Jean Nash Johnson [The Dallas Morning News]

Reviewed by John Urbancich [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]

Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]

Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]

Reviewed by Lexi Feinberg [Cinema Blend]

Reviewed by Kimberley Jones [Austin Chronicle]

Reviewed by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]

Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]

Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]

Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]

Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]

Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]

Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by Tim Cogshell [Boxoffice Magazine]

Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

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