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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content and language

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 free-spirited woman who runs across tight-laced ad executive Nelson (Reeves) at the DMV. Nelson wants only to be left alone to continue on the fast track of his career, but Sara is drawn to him. She makes him an offer: to be her November, the man who will live with her for one month only, during which she will "help" him. Not sure why, Nelson accepts, finding that Sara appeals to something he didn't even know was inside him. As she begins to change his life, Nelson realizes what he's been missing in his career-centered world--but just as he begins to reach out to her, Nelson finds that Sara has secrets of her own. [More]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Liam Aiken

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Liam Aiken, Greg Germann

Director: Pat O'Connor

Director: Pat O'Connor
Producer: Deborah Aal, Erwin Stoff, Steven Reuther, Elliott Kastner, Wendy Wanderman
Screenwriter: Kurt Voelker
Composer: Christopher Young
Studio: Warner Bros.

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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
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Despite the promise of its title, the picture is a sappy, soporific sudser that leaves a decidedly sour aftertaste.

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02/14/01
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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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.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
02/14/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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Not enough to transport Sweet November from its more appropriate place as a TV proposition.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
02/13/01
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Starts off sappy and original, but ultimately turns sappy and predictable.

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02/13/01
JoBlo
JoBlo
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The basic validity of the story's emotional core beneath all the contrivance starts carrying the day in the latter stretches.

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02/13/01
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
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Flawed, to be sure, but its heart sure is in the right place.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
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Could very well have been one primo slice of melodramatic manipulation with the right pair of actors. Then again, I imagine that already happened--back in 1968.

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01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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