I kept praying Al Pacino would turn up and this movie was merely a nightmare foisted on the audience by Satan.
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02/14/01
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Sweet November (2001)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:15
Rotten:80
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Bad acting and direction plague this version of Sweet November. The story is unrealistic, as is the chemistry between Theron and Reeves.
Theatrical Release:Feb 16, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $24,418,719
Synopsis: Based on the screenplay by Herman Raucher for the 1968 film of the same title, SWEET NOVEMBER stars Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves in the story of an experimental love affair. Theron is Sara, a... [More]
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Liam Aiken
Director: Pat O'Connor
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Reviews for Sweet November
Dumb enough to make The Wedding Planner seem like an Ingmar Bergman film.
02/16/01
Top CriticSoft and bright like the cinematography, the film packs a lot of heart.
02/16/01
Nothing you have to see, but anyone in the market for a bittersweet romantic comedy could do worse.
02/15/01
Extra-thick vanilla schmalted with just the right amount of raw sugar to summon the awwwws of high school girls.
02/21/01
Top CriticPatently false and manipulative.
02/16/01
I have a better way to enjoy life: Avoid movies like this ... before it's too late.
02/16/01
With a convoluted, contrived plot that effectively emasculates and lobotomizes the lead characters, Sweet November fails to connect on an emotional level.
02/15/01
Top CriticEven us cynics will feel a little warm and fuzzy when the credits roll.
02/14/01
As Bill and Ted might say, it's one bogus journey, dude.
02/16/01
A romantic comedy about the emotional makeover of a self-absorbed workaholic man.
04/06/01
Filmmaking of this caliber means always having to say you're sorry.
06/05/02
Couldn't be more artificial if every object on the screen had been molded from plastic.
02/17/01
If I were a guy, and a gorgeous woman took me into her apartment, had passionate sex with me and supported my ass for a month, it'd change my life, too! Perhaps this is more romantic science fiction than anything.
02/15/01
It allows [Theron] to extend her range as no previous role has done.
02/16/01
Top CriticIs it still necrophilia if two corpses have sex with each other?
10/28/01
A hard-to-swallow fantasy.
07/12/02
One can deduce that boredom and free sex brings [Reeves] back to [Theron] for an extended stay as nothing they do that day can be viewed as earth-shattering.
02/15/01
Director Pat O'Connor (Circle of Friends) can't smooth over the rough patches of his film, though, nor can he make the story believable enough to get his audience emotionally invested.
02/14/01
In his 1922 poem 'The Waste Land,' T.S. Eliot said 'April is the cruelest month.' He never saw Sweet November.
02/16/01
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