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Metascore
33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrSerendipity returns us, if only for a couple of hours, to the Manhattan of our dreams.
- 80SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorAiry and enchanting, this romantic comedy works overtime to sprinkle moonlight and stardust over itself.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSerendipity is a throwback to a more innocent era in American life, 25 days ago.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickHonestly, it's still pretty hard to resist as a guilty pleasure: A fluffy date-night movie that wrung a tear or two from more than one hardened male critic's eyes, chick flick or no.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThere is a thrill in seeing them wooing and pursuing each other through the streets of New York, a city that here again, for a while, becomes a movie isle of joy.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskySerendipity already feels archaic, like some dusty relic that's been unearthed from an antique store's attic and polished off for display.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerI've never understood why filmmakers construct romances in which the leads hardly spend any time together.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe cinematic equivalent of a plate made of spun sugar.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIt all feels false and calculated, an overearnest attempt to find old-fashioned romantic innocence in the modern world by someone too jaded to believe.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonInsipid, by-the-numbers romance.