Celeste and Jesse Forever Reviews
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Flicks.co.nz
Rashida Jones' first lead feature role is a likeable enough effort to step out from the tube...
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| Original Score: 3/5
3AW
The film bears a kinship with the underrated 2006 film The Break-Up; both are, for lack of a better term, post-romantic comedies by exploring the largely virgin territory of what happens long after the meet-cute, when life takes hold and love goes sour.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Irish Times
The film shows its toothless nature when it refuses to properly eviscerate Emma Roberts's silly tweenie pop star. But there are worse crimes than being just a little bit too nice.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Contactmusic.com
With its refusal to follow the usual romantic-comedy formula, this snappy and observant movie is a nice surprise.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Financial Times
There is quiet, seditious verve to the way expectations are derailed and then re-railed, just as in those areas of real life that still exist even outside the expanding Sundance empire of middlebrow observationalism.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ViewLondon
Engaging, sharply observed and refreshingly cliché-averse relationship comedy-drama with a strong script and superb central performances ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
The List
A flawed but intriguing take on a well-worn genre.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Digital Spy
This is an enjoyable and breezy enough watch thanks to its appealing lead duo.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Star
There are some funny moments and some sharp lines but it's the chemistry between the two likeable leads that makes this so undeniably sweet.
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| Original Score: 4/5
FILMINK (Australia)
A sassy and charming romantic comedy where the loosely scripted laughs play authentically and sometimes painfully.
Herald Sun (Australia)
Celeste and Jesse Forever overcomes many potential limitations because its characters are so richly drawn.
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| Original Score: 3/5
At the Movies (Australia)
It's an example of a clever actress taking control of her career.
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| Original Score: 4/5
At the Movies (Australia)
Most romantic comedies begin with meeting cute and, by the end, after some ups and downs, wedding bells are probably in the offing. CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER rings the changes.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
