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If Lucy Fell (1996)

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Average Rating: 4/10
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Critic Reviews: 10
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Movie Info

This vanity project from writer, director, and star Eric Schaeffer is a romantic comedy about a pair of New Yorkers with a suicide pact. Joe MacGonaughgill (Schaeffer) is a painter and teacher who has been spying for years on Jane (Elle Macpherson), the gorgeous woman who lives across the alley, where she can be secretly observed undressing. Joe lives with Lucy Ackerman (Sarah Jessica Parker), a psychotherapist who's also his best friend. Suffering from her own relationship troubles with her

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Eric Schaeffer

Written By: Eric Schaeffer

In Theaters: Mar 8, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Jan 30, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker
Lucy Ackerman
Eric Schaeffer
Joe MacGaunaughill
Ben Stiller
Bwick Elias
Elle Macpherson
Jane Linquist
James Rebhorn
Simon Ackerman
Robert John Burke
The Man
Dominic Chianese
Al
Paul Greco
Rene
Bill Sage
Dick
David Thornton
Ted
Scarlett Johansson
Emily
Emily Anne Hart
Eddy

Critic Reviews for If Lucy Fell

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (22) | DVD (3)

If Lucy Fell is funnier more often than not, and when it's not being funny it's at least being strange. I'll take strange over what most major-distributor comedies are when they're not being funny.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Jeff Millar

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

All coy grins and daffy mugging, Mr. Stiller plays the role as if aspiring to become the Elliott Gould of his generation. Compared with jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, that's a reasonable goal.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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There is an affectation that I find particularly annoying, and that is when people choose to perform at a level below their natural intelligence.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

It's airy, fluffy and ultimately uninteresting.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Stack

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Sadly, the story is nowhere as original as the details and performances.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

Top Critic

If Lucy Fell should be a chore, and yet I kept catching myself having a good time.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

These writer-director-actors seem to want to make movies just so they can be cuddly in them.

January 20, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

I just don't find this to be an appealling or believable film.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Romantic comedy about loving the one in your heart instead of the one in your fantasies.

August 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Eric Schaeffer is never more arrogant than with this one!

August 12, 2002 Comment

Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

Schaeffer is the one who fells Lucy by casting himself in the male lead, then failing to convince anyone that either female lead could be attracted to his character.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Christine James

Boxoffice Magazine

If Lucy Fell has all the attributes of romantic comedy, including absolute predictability. The only surprise is that it also provides a mostly-enjoyable journey to its ultimate destination.

February 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

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I know it's not a great movie, but this is one i used to have on VHS when it first came out and just loved, so I have good memories of it, which have probably sent the rating up a star it doesn't deserve! I recently picked it up on DVD after not seeing it in years, and still love it, even though I can see it is a bit

December 31, 2008

Nicki Marie

Super Reviewer

Lucy has a terrible dull lovelife and lives as a single woman together with her roommate Joe. Lucy and Joe are best friends so they agree to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge if either of them aren't in a committed relationship within a month. This movie wasn't the best I've seen and it wasn't the worst either. Ben

May 15, 2010