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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkMore amusing than a lot of expensive Hollywood comedies [26 February 1999, Life, p.5E]
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWould probably have been more enjoyable if Berkowitz was less irritating. As a character, his only redeeming quality is his self-deprecating humor.
- Fact or fiction, it's still fun, if never really compelling.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyIt doesn't take a foolish romantic to hope that Myles and Elisabeth live happily ever after. The world just isn't ready for 20 More Dates.
- 50Chicago ReaderBill StametsChicago ReaderBill StametsIn 20 Dates Myles Berkowitz strings together one embarrassing moment after another and triumphs in a culture characterized by actorly artifice.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRaging ego aside, the penny-ante hucksterism of his I'm-going-on-dates-to-get-famous-making-a-movie-about-dates approach is too cloying and opportunistic to bear.
- 30TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe film's most consistently entertaining element is Berkowitz's backer, a shady character named Elie Samaha who never appears on camera. Samaha's expletive-laden harangues, in which he orders Berkowitz to beef up the movie's T&A factor, are priceless.
- 20The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt must be said that Berkowitz's shamelessness and persistence aren't inevitably irresistible.
- 12Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film has the obnoxious tone of a boring home movie narrated by a guy shouting in your ear.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOne of the downsides of living in a free society is that every so often someone like Myles Berkowitz gets hold of a camera.