Anyone But You
| Release Date: December 22, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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10
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15
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesDec 21, 2023
Anyone But You, from director Will Gluck and co-writer Ilana Wolpert, has the charm, wit, swoony romance, and, most importantly, star chemistry that has been solely missing from recent lackluster entries in the genre. Read full review
73
Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerJan 2, 2024
Despite Sweeney’s uneasy performance, there is something present between Sweeney and Powell, and in the text of the film, that feels fresh—or, at the very least, like a homecoming. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDec 22, 2023
It would be silly to call Anyone But You smart, but it has a knowing quality that allows it to confidently navigate some of the more familiar aspects of the rom-com. Read full review
70
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Chandler LevackDec 21, 2023
There’s a zaniness to this film that feels refreshing, a going-for-broke energy reminiscent of an Adam Sandler movie at its peak. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 21, 2023
Anyone But You is a rom-com for the age of antipathy. It is, in many ways, as prefab as a lot of the rom-coms of the ’90s and aughts, but there’s something zesty and bracing about how it channels the anti-romanticism of the Tinder-meets-MeToo generation. Read full review
70
IGNAlyssa MoraDec 21, 2023
While Anyone But You isn’t a bold new take on traditional romcom formulas, it becomes an infectiously sincere and easily watchable movie featuring a charming ensemble cast and great situational comedy. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubDrew GillisDec 21, 2023
The film is made as fun escapism, and it succeeds at that. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 21, 2023
Anyone but You actually works best when it leans harder towards the screwball comedies of the 1930s than it does the more grounded rom-coms they inspired at the end of the century. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJan 2, 2024
It’s an enjoyable enough parfait but far from a theatrical destination. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 21, 2023
It leans HARD into the romantic comedy tropes, to the point that you might find yourself giving into the silliness and the over-the-top embracing of so many clichés. It’s like you’re getting bombarded with rom-com snowballs for the entire movie. Read full review
60
Vanity FairRichard LawsonDec 21, 2023
Anyone but You is undoubtedly a cut above most rom-coms we’ve been served in recent years, and its many efforts to feel big and luxe do not go unnoticed. But it’s curiously unromantic and is only clever in fits and starts. If the movie were to approach me at a coffee shop, smug grin gleaming away, I’d probably only commit to a fling. Read full review
60
SlashfilmMarshall ShafferDec 21, 2023
The best that can be said about everything surrounding Powell and Sweeney in Anyone But You is that they mostly have the good sense to move the plot quickly and then let the stars sparkle. Read full review
55
CNNBrian LowryDec 22, 2023
Mostly, this fun-in-the-sun romp in Australia (because hey, it’s summer there) serves as a showcase for Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, who amiably meet the demands of the exercise even if the script only occasionally follows suit. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastColeman SpildeJan 10, 2024
It’s a satisfying return to the genre from Gluck, a promising feature-length script debut from Wolpert, and an intriguing first outing from Sweeney and Powell. The two stars have the stuff; it just needs some more refining before round two. Read full review
50
VoxAlex Abad-SantosDec 22, 2023
The movie is bad, but the chemistry: It’s good. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDerek SmithDec 21, 2023
Will Gluck’s rom-com doesn’t bother to create a compelling world around its charming leads. Read full review
50
The Film StageEthan VestbyDec 21, 2023
Whatever misgivings I have with the performers, they’re first and foremost failed by this material. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 21, 2023
Anyone But You isn’t terrible, or a travesty. It’s eh-notherthing ehltogether. Read full review
42
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonDec 21, 2023
Just don’t expect it to rewrite the genre playbook. Read full review
40
EmpireJohn NugentJan 2, 2024
The obvious chemistry and charm of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell counts for a lot, yet not quite enough, in a romantic comedy severely lacking in both romance and comedy. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJan 2, 2024
I will never understand the internet’s fascination with Sweeney, who appears to be scowling even when she’s smiling, but she and Powell both bodily throw themselves into their parts. The effort is there. It’s just a shame the material they’re working with isn’t better. Read full review
40
TheWrapThelma AdamsJan 2, 2024
At the very least, it’s not Shakespeare. It’s not even “10 Things I Hate About You.” Read full review
40
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonDec 21, 2023
Sweeney and Powell could do wonders with a better script, something that makes more use of the way they grin at each other like they ate knives for lunch. She’s skilled at layered insincerity; he specializes in smirky, put-on machismo, shooting the camera a horrifically funny tongue waggle. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDec 21, 2023
There’s never enough tension to disguise its blandness. Despite all their protestations to the contrary, Bea and Ben are too clearly into each other to spark real conflict. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeDec 21, 2023
The pair never convincingly hate or even mildly dislike each other, there’s no bite there, it’s more like watching a happy couple playfully rag on each other for an audience and we’re never given enough of a reason as to why they wouldn’t be together from the outset. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 29, 2023
Anyone But You is about as close as Hollywood can get to a rom-com that works these days. Which is to say, “Not terribly close,” even though it’s not exactly terrible. Read full review
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