Isn't It Romantic
Warner Bros. | Release Date: February 13, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 13, 2019
It’s ridiculous, and it’s wonderful. Falling in love is stupid like that. Read full review
88
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiFeb 12, 2019
The movie is hysterical, and at just under 90 minutes, the gag never wears thin. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyDana SchwartzFeb 12, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic pulls off a sweet sleight-of-hand trick as a rom-com-within-a-rom-com, mocking all of the classic rom-com tropes while still letting us indulge in them. The movie is having its gourmet cupcake and eating it too. Read full review
83
IndieWireKate ErblandFeb 12, 2019
Every trope, twist, and trick of the genre is up for skewering in the comedy, but the film keeps things light and smart, never dipping into darkness or crass jokes. It’s funny because it’s clever, but it’s also never cruel. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshFeb 12, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic walks the line between subversive and sendup. It gleefully makes fun of the well-known tropes of romantic comedies, while also satisfying our desire to delight in said tropes. Read full review
80
TheWrapFeb 12, 2019
The best gag comes from rom-com world’s cloying PG-13-ness. Read full review
75
Washington PostJane HorwitzFeb 13, 2019
A visually and verbally ingenious sendup of romantic comedies that wears its candy heart on its sleeve. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKimber MyersFeb 13, 2019
It pokes fun at falling in love on screen, but it’s smart and sweet enough make us fall for it as well. Read full review
75
Original-CinKim HughesFeb 13, 2019
Wilson is beautiful but far from typical Hollywood beautiful which underscores the film’s wink-nudge absurdity. She’s also funny as hell, delivering deadpan with Aussie-approved aplomb. Read full review
75
The Associated PressLindsey BahrFeb 13, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic stays pretty surface level, which makes for a fine and pleasurable viewing experience, but doesn’t exactly do anything to show that rom-coms would be better if the best friends had more of an inner life, for example. In fact, it just kind of redeems the formula in some ways. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeFeb 12, 2019
It’s a feature-length in-joke for fans who will always pause if My Best Friend’s Wedding pops up during a lazy Saturday afternoon channel-surfing session, but who ultimately consider rom-coms a slightly shameful guilty pleasure. Read full review
70
CNNBrian LowryMay 21, 2019
Isn't It Romantic has charm to burn, in a light-hearted send-up of romantic comedies that playfully turns all the familiar tropes into a lively vehicle for Rebel Wilson. The movie owes a thematic debt to "Groundhog Day," but mostly -- in a film so conscious of conventions that it niftily bleeps its foul language -- it's a heckuva lot of fun. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 13, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic has plenty of fun toying with various familiar elements and sensibilities, but its deconstructions also feel like resurrections. Read full review
67
Vanity FairRichard LawsonFeb 12, 2019
I wish the movie was just a tad sharper, took a little more time to really clarify its stance on this whole social-sexual-commercial world of romantic aspirationalism, to make its commentary and its humor really sing—and sting. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireFeb 13, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic tries to have its red velvet cupcake and eat it too, and though it’s tasty and enjoyable while you’re watching it, you’ll realize how hungry you are for something heartier soon after you’ve come down from your sugar high. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 12, 2019
Isn’t It Romantic both spoofs rom-com conventions and embraces them; it’s a tricky balance, but it doesn’t fall off the wire. Read full review
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