[It] has some very bright, witty, even sharp, moments, but for the most part, it is inflicted with too much plot and not enough emotion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 2, 2022

I had mixed feelings about the slow ride, but one thing is certain: This film could have been a lot stronger if it was a lot simpler.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 5, 2014

It tries for fizzy, but there's hardly a bubble in it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2014

When will someone realize that sexy Sarah Jessica Parker is pure comic gold and start writing movies that give her a chance to glisten? She's the only spice in this too-sweet romantic comedy.

Full Review | May 5, 2014

Very little is amusing in all of this; the lighting is murky, the sound is mumbly, and will someone please tell the piano player to knock it off?

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 5, 2014

Alas, first-time director Scott Winant and screenwriter Winnie Holzman rarely get beyond the cuteness of the story's structure.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2014

Its stars, young, sexy performers all, deserve a better vehicle.

Full Review | May 5, 2014

I was not surprised to discover in the press notes that the movie ''has a touch of autobiography.'' The film's irritating insistence on parading its sensitivity gave the game away.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 5, 2014

The woeful miscasting of Jeanne Tripplehorn sabotages this romantic comedy about two people who are destined to meet but who contrive to keep missing each other.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2014

Coincidence follows coincidence as the story moves predictably toward its pre-determined ending. But not before Winant and Holzman parade an annoying array of thinly drawn eccentrics and weirdos across the screen by way of fleshing things out.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 5, 2014

Sometimes funny but often plodding.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2014

'Til There Was You is a rarity -- a film in which absolutely nothing works. Nothing. Not one redeeming performance. Not one convincing moment. Not one solid laugh.

Full Review | May 5, 2014

Bad romantic comedies with sappy characters aren't always without merit, since we cynics can at least use them to further our conviction that love isn't worth the trouble. But this bad romantic comedy is merely bad.

Full Review | Sep 5, 2009

Graceless star Tripplehorn -- who's called upon to execute a painful series of pratfalls in a high-tech restaurant -- is not a natural comedian, and overall the movie is awkward and leaden.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 28, 2009

With its clotted script, art direction that's all splash and no style, and dialogue that's too nakedly calculated to facilitate identification), this tedious and confused movie points several characters in obvious directions.

Full Review | Jul 28, 2009

A tired piece of romantic cornball fare that harks back to a bygone era, the film is a badly conceived, poorly executed fairy tale guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2005

The film's real irony is that Gwen and Nick are so annoying that they deserve each other.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 30, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 8, 2002