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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
It comes as a bonus that this romantic comedy is one of the rare pictures of its type that actually is about something -- the double-edged sword of celebrity.
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100
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New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The overall result is a romantic comedy that indulges fantasies, calms insecurities (can an ordinary bloke stack up?), and breaks and mends hearts with surgical precision.
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91
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Blithe and exhilarating romantic comedy.
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88
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USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Its deadpan wit, ingenious fairy-tale premise and superbly accomplished cast will leave you feeling positively oxygenated.
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82
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Mr. Showbiz
A smart, sometimes pissingly funny romantic comedy that is also oddly unmoving and predictable in spots.
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
In the end, the movie works because Grant and Roberts are disarming geniuses at playing themselves -- and then some.
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80
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
So the film has this weird postmodernist taint: It has a self-aware script that cleverly plays off the reality of its own cast and their famous real-life contretemps. It's smart and knowing.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie is bright, the dialogue has wit and intelligence, and Roberts and Grant are very easy to like. By the end, as much as we're aware of the ancient story machinery groaning away below deck, we're smiling.
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70
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
The movie has lots of glossy charm even if Ms. Roberts and Grant seem less like lovers than members of a support group for the desperately attractive.
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70
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
A smartly cast and consistently amusing romantic comedy.
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