A disappointingly superficial romantic comedy. There's no chemistry between any of the characters. The acting is mediocre, with Schaeffer and Parker exhibiting no screen presence.
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01/01/00
If Lucy Fell (1996)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:5
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Joe and Lucy are best friends and roommates in a small Manhattan apartment...and she's about to turn 30. So Lucy won't stop reminding Joe of their pact to jump off a bridge if they haven't found... [More]
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson
Director: Eric Schaeffer
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Reviews for If Lucy Fell
Top CriticRomantic comedy about loving the one in your heart instead of the one in your fantasies.
08/26/02
I just don't find this to be an appealling or believable film.
04/09/05
There is an affectation that I find particularly annoying, and that is when people choose to perform at a level below their natural intelligence.
01/01/00
Top CriticThese writer-director-actors seem to want to make movies just so they can be cuddly in them.
01/20/07
If Lucy Fell should be a chore, and yet I kept catching myself having a good time.
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Top CriticSchaeffer 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.
06/05/02
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf 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.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe quality of American comedy writing really seems to be on the rise.
01/01/00
Schaeffer trips up, though, when he lets his philosophies get the better of him.
01/01/00
It's airy, fluffy and ultimately uninteresting.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf 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.
02/27/01
If you're looking for a limp and humorless comedy, look ye no further.
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Eric Schaeffer is never more arrogant than with this one!
08/12/02
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