Committed

Miramax Films | Release Date: April 28, 2000

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44	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews

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Jami Bernard

Graham is lots of fun to watch, but it's hard to reconcile the split halves of her character. Read full review

Jay Carr

Runs dry amid the cactus and sagebrush, but Graham's cartoony take on angelic unstoppableness makes us not mind so much.

Jonathan Foreman

Graham is funny and adorable in this endearing little romantic comedy.

Lawrence Toppman

Writer-director Lisa Krueger bends over backward to make everyone happy.

Steven Rea

Krueger's comedy doesn't always spark, but its underlying intelligence - not to mention Graham's eyes - shines through.

Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson

There's a sense of life to Committed that's unpredictable and sweet, but too much of it is cluttered with lazy shortcuts.

Peter Travers

It's a one-joke premise that ultimately wears thin, but Krueger works some playful variations on a theme.

TV Guide MagazineKen Fox

But one can only imagine how different the film might have been with, say, Parker Posey or Catherine Keener -- truly funky actresses with some real edge -- in the lead. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

This romantic comedy turns stereotypes inside out as the main character, whose sense of commitment is represented by a tattoo on her finger instead of a wedding ring. Read full review

Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

The best thing about Committed, though, is Krueger, a filmmaker who's not only willing to lead us into the well-traveled terrain of romantic comedy, but able to show us something new there. Read full review

Peter Stack

It's a fizzle as as comedy. Still, the film has character. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

With its capacity to surprise, the film comes to life when you don't expect it to, in tiny but wonderfully off-center moments. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Works as a quixotic study of emotional quirks. Read full review

William Arnold

The real problem here is that director Krueger has no flair as a writer or a director for inspired screwball comedy. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

An inert screwball cartoon, a celebration of monogamy as fashion statement. Read full review

Shawn Levy

You need to accept the fact that practically everyone in the picture, particularly the leading lady, is a boneheaded nitwit.

Marjorie Baumgarten

Graham maintains a casual charm throughout it all, but she lacks the kind of emotional depth that might have pulled this hodge-podge together. Read full review

Film.comRobert Horton

Until it backs itself into a narrative corner, Lisa Krueger's Committed is a delightfully unpredictable experience. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Comedy, like marriage, takes more work than this. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Should have never made it up the distribution aisle. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

One more movie comedy about how love can turn you into an idiot. And its major flaw, among many others, is that the idiocy takes over the movie.

Film.comErnest Hardy

Afailed attempt at a hipster screwball comedy. Very failed. Read full review