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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonSt. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonFulfills its mission, which is to be a crowd-pleasing tearjerker.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film, while heartfelt and directed by multiple-Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom, is dramatically stillborn.
- 50VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryUltimately, the story feels as if it's killing time before throwing the next hurdle at the couple.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDear John exists only to coddle the sentiments of undemanding dreamers, and plunge us into a world where the only evil is the interruption of the good.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsI truly wish Dear John were a better, less shamelessly manipulative movie, but a couple of the actors got me through it alive. One is Amanda Seyfried.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe film has two curious subplots and supporting performances that feel tacked on rather than organically part of it.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAwash in mawkish sentimentality, Dear John still will move you deeply - if you're a 12-year-old girl.
- 40Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis terminally sappy romance delivers heartache, sacrifice, a make-out scene in the pouring rain, and not one but two autistic characters.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreHallstrom and his low-heat stars can’t find the pulse of this corpse.
- 30Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesHe is meant to be brooding, I think, but Tatum’s vague features read more “meathead” than anguished young lover. He has to carry the film, but he’s the least interesting thing going on here.