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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNeither a masterpiece nor a remake of one, but its wistfulness is infectious, and its melancholy mood lingers for days.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIt's a small film, and a far from perfect one, but it allows her (Theron) to extend her range as no previous role has done.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIf the movie works on its own insipid level, it's because of high-gear star power -- 50 times the captivator Dennis ever was, Theron is terrific at creating adorable intimacy with little help from the script or director and exudes more guileless élan than any of the film's many puppies.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinHe's (Reeves) not as good as he was playing a menacing Georgia wife-beater in The Gift, but he's an awfully convincing jerk.
- 40SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekDoes neither of its leads any favors. But they fill their roles admirably, and then some. Time and again, in a movie that repeatedly threatens mawkishness, you can sense them gently steering away just in the nick of time.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIf Sweet November were a puppy, it would have rabies.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPasses off pathological behavior as romantic bliss. It's about two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love.
- 20The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe film's last half-hour -- or do I mean its final two weeks? -- is meant to keep the audience sniffling and sobbing uncontrollably, but the only thing likely to elicit tears is the sight of Mr. Reeves dressed in a white dinner jacket crooning "Time After Time."
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA front-end collision of a romance.
- 20L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThis feeble remake offers little more than two pretty and willing leads who nonetheless can't hide their embarrassment over being set up as distractions to hide the film's thorough lack of coherence and appeal.