A Little Romance
Orion Pictures | Release Date: April 27, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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80
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
A genuine charmer by George Roy Hill, a director best known for such ersatz charmers as Butch Cassidy and The Sting. His crowd-pleasing instincts have been subsumed by a bracing technical assurance here; the contrivances are still there, but they're presented with a smooth and rare professionalism. Read full review
80
TimeFrank Rich
Director George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy, The Sting) and Screenwriter Allan Burns (cocreator of TV's original Mary Tyler Moore Show) have constructed a romantic comedy that, for all its contrivances, offers an indecent amount of emotional and comic satisfaction. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This sweet and innocent movie about teen romance won't fail to bring a tear and a smile in its heart-tugging finale. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Scripter Allan Burns has craftily kept the point of view of the youngsters, Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard, while the adults, with certain exceptions, are seen as suitably grotesque and ridiculous, giving Romance a crest of humor on which to ride. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
In its sweet, witty and modestly sentimental way, it delivers the romantic frissons that many star-studded, would-be blockbusters of the heart lumber in vain to achieve. [30 Apr 1979, p.81]
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