Definitely, Maybe
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 14, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The film is far from a complete washout, and this is chiefly a tribute to its immensely attractive and appealing cast. Ryan Reynolds proves to have the stuff of a true leading. man. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
This is a film bound and determined to do whatever it takes to be your Valentine. If it had trusted itself more, it might even have succeeded. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Schickel
Reynolds can't help looking rather shifty as he relates his story and Breslin, who was so wonderful in Little Miss Sunshine, is obliged to play a standard-issue wise child. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Abigail Breslin, the preteen Oscar nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine" and the most effortless actress of her generation, plays the precocious little girl part without overdoing the precociousness. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
There’s a surprising – and truthful – melancholic undercurrent to Definitely, Maybe – the one commonality between the three women is the heartbreak they induce – but Brooks undermines that truthfulness with a dogmatic insistence upon romantic mythologizing. No maybes about it: The reality is far darker, and more interesting. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to guess which gal became the wife, which gal should have become the wife and which gal is there just to play with our heads. It's exactly like that old shell game – mildly diverting, pea-sized and otherwise hollow. Read full review
50
SalonMary Elizabeth Williams
May be the first midlife crisis movie for Generation X. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
To sum up, Definitely, Maybe is crap with compensations. Read full review
50
Washington PostJohn Anderson
Definitely an overlong exercise in the concept of kismet, and maybe it's just what you want, in lieu of chocolates. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This highly uneven comedy by writer-director Adam Brooks might be easier to take if it were less infatuated with its own cuteness. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Isn't terrible exactly, but it's bland, and in some ways that's worse. It's a romance posing as a detective story in which the solution is obvious and not worth the fuss. Read full review
50
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
As a romantic comedy, Definitely, Maybe is an explosion of sweetness and hugs that might cause your stomach to churn if you don't like your sentimentality too strong. Read full review
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