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Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA film of real beauty, which is surprising, since it's not a movie of beautiful sentiments or settings.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaTunney, brimming with coltish, neurotic energy, holds the screen like a true star. She brings the role, and the movie, to life.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA lightweight charmer with a winning performance by Robin Tunney.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickEndearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternI paid steadfast attention, both to the actress, a performer of unusual versatility, and to the character she plays, a caged -- and cagey -- bird who sings because she's too stubborn to cry.
- 63Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageThe cast is up to the challenges of that arc, but the plot doesn't always keep them afloat.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerFinn Taylor's lark of a movie feels like two unfinished films awkwardly fused together and ever threatening to snap apart.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonTheir (Tunney and Nelson) interplay is what saves the movie, and possibly should have been expanded upon to the exclusion of the other plot points.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThe soundtrack is a boisterous blast from the past, and there's a quiet pleasure to watching Zoe and Daly let their composure loose like scrambled eggs, but there's little else to hold dear here.
- 25Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe movie's weirdness isn't organic; it's imposed, like barber-pole stripes painted on a prison wall.