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Standard Time (Anything But Love) (2002)

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 10

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 215

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Movie Info

A corporate lawyer is caught in a love triangle with an ambitious cabaret singer.

PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Isabel Rose, Robert Cary

Dec 14, 2004

$58.7k

Samuel Goldwyn Films

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (22)

An appealing, low-budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie, whose pluck and talent are tonic -- if as shopworn as her thrift-store threads.

December 11, 2003 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ends up little more than a vanity piece for Rose and an exercise in style over substance for Cary.

December 4, 2003 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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To borrow a word from another American standard, Anything but Love, is hardly unforgettable. But if you're looking for the movie equivalent of comfort food, then there's something to dig into here.

November 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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[An] ungainly little movie.

November 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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Filmed in the colors of newborn Technicolor, plotted as a tribute to the conventions of Hollywood romance, filled with standard songs, it's by and for people who love those kinds of movies.

November 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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The earnest, low-budget indie Anything But Love isn't quite the movie you'd like it to be, but it provides some kicks, nonetheless.

November 20, 2003 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
Chicago Tribune
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Without the bawdiness and irony of the Doris Day tribute Down With Love, Anything but Love will also bring to mind the comedies of Judy Holliday.

April 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | Comment
Film-Forward.com

Obvious, but sweet-tempered and lovingly put together enough to generally trump such shortcomings. For fans of breezy, feel-good fare only.

January 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | Comment
Entertainment Today

All the quirky characters feel as familiar and comfortable as the supporting cast in your own life, even when it comes to the irritating ones.

December 31, 2003 Comment
Long Island Press

The script, co-written by Rose with director Robert Cary, is flatfooted in the extreme, lacking any comic value or real human insight.

December 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

It's a good indie movie that's perfect for couples, and you won't be embarrassed to take mom along, too.

November 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | Comment
Zap2it.com

It all comes off with the crowd-pleasing potential of another My Big Fat Greek Wedding, albeit one starved of much of the wit and outrageous ethnic color.

November 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | Comment
Premiere Magazine
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Audience Reviews for Standard Time (Anything But Love)

Anything But Love is a rather lame romantic comedy that tries to be unique but instead falls into almost every romantic comedy cliche trap that you can think of. The plot involves a young girl trying to make it as a cabaret singer in modern day New York. The girl comes from a working class family and sings in a

January 11, 2005
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John Chandler

I knew absolutely nothing about this film, and unfortunately I didn't bother to check it out. I was invited to a free screener and I went. It was torture. I don't see how I made it through.I was going to write a lengthy review, but why bother? This won't even open in most cities anyway. It's that bad. So this will be

January 21, 2004
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Aaron West

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