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Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a winning little movie about two people who get together, though they have no business getting together.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt has that unwound Roddy Doyle humor; the laughs don't hit you over the head, but tickle you behind the knee.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThere's still enough of Doyle's hilariously foul dialogue and outrageous, culture-shocked Irish characters for the film to be a good bit of fun.
- 60Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghAbout two lives in which transformation is a constant, destabilizing threat to freedom and sanity. That's a very provocative premise, though halfway through the movie Doyle and Walsh abandon its potential to go for easy laughs.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittMcDonald and Montgomery are fun to watch in this mildly amusing Irish romantic comedy.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA too-cute-by-half Irish romantic comedy that's overloaded with movie references that begin with the title.
- 50SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorIt's a movie almost doomed to be called "refreshing," in the way that the word is used to excuse the game but amateurish presentation of a quirky premise.
- 40L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmStruggles to achieve a giddy eccentricity that never fully emerges.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsTrudy is really the only character with the "Barrytown" zest, and Montgomery throws herself into the role with unselfconscious abandon. She makes the screen crackle with energy.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's the type of film that begs to be called “charming” and by doing so instead ends up grating.