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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Miami HeraldMiami HeraldA breezy pleasure.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA romantic comedy that treads familiar "Green Card" terrain with considerable charm if no great style or originality.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBaldly superficial, it probably should have been given a less demanding metaphor to live up to.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanResolves the romantic dilemma in the most artificial and unsatisfying way. A blaring swing score and some obvious dubbing do little to ease the pain.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghLurches queasily between ghastly broad gags and oddly engaging, character-driven laughs born of clashing cultures and expectations.
- 40L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmKazantzidis struggles for the flavor of classic romance, with a string of standards on the soundtrack to little avail.
- 30New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonIf you peel away the surface of this movie, one is left with not much at all.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasQuickly becomes silly and tedious.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottBlends the least of Woody Allen with a plot complication out of "Love, American Style," stuck together with sitcom glue.
- 20Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe cheesy idiot-twin of Pawel Pawlikowski's superb "Last Resort."