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A Lot Like Love (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 73

A tiresome rom-com.

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Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 21

A tiresome rom-com.

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Movie Info

Two friends who've convinced themselves they would never make a good couple discover they might just be wrong in this romantic comedy. Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet) first met when they were college students sharing a flight from California to New York; Emily spontaneously seduced Oliver on the plane, and they spent the next few days together in the city. When they parted, however, Emily decided not to pursue a relationship with Oliver, even though he was obviously interested.

PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Colin Patrick Lynch

Aug 23, 2005

$21.8M

Touchstone Pictures

Cast

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (77) | DVD (23)

This is the kind of movie where the lovers don't have to worry about fate keeping them apart -- all they do is manufacture excuses not to be together, because if they didn't, you wouldn't have a movie.

April 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Salon.com
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The only reason I was rooting for them to get together was that than they would both be off the market.

April 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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An unfortunate casting decision, however, comes close to sabotaging a witty script with fresh insights into the trend of young people postponing marriage while waiting for some grand plan of theirs to materialize.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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A pleasant little romantic comedy that doesn't try too hard and has the virtue of doing a few things differently.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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Just when you despair that a whole generation could grow up without a decent date movie, without a romantic comedy that works well enough to call its own, Ashton Kutcher goes and surprises you.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment
Orlando Sentinel
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A Lot Like Love is a lot like many other movies of the rom-com ilk, in that we are left with absolutely no doubt about the outcome.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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This grueling, training-wheel romance comedy covers a six year stretch of time in which Generation Y boy toy Oliver Martin (Ashton Kutcher) slowly realizes that he can't wait for his life plans to gel before committing to his affection for his narcissist

June 19, 2009 Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Bungling and predictable romantic comedy.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

The typical romantic comedy keeps the leads apart or until just before the closing credits. This film falls flat because they engage in sex during the picture's opening sequence.

June 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Princeton Town Topics

At least it's not aggressively stupid...A Lot Like Love is an agreeably mediocre movie that can be watched, enjoyed and forgotten about in the space of a single day.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

[Ashton] Kutcher and [Amanda] Peet are likable stars, but A Lot Like Love doesn't have anything original to say.

October 7, 2005 Comment

Just pay no attention to the obligatory, rushed happy ending.

October 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | Comment

While not as aggressively mindless as many of its ilk, flick suffers from simple fatigue, as in: We're tired of seeing the exact same love story over and over.

September 4, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for A Lot Like Love

It was enjoyable to watch and it wasn't just your typical Hollywood rom-com and it's worth your time. A must see!

June 24, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

A decent little romantic film, although labeled a Rom-com most of the time it feels more of a drama with a lot of light hearted moments than truly laugh out loud scenes. It did remind me of Serendipity quite a bit, would have to admit that is by far the better film. One of the best of the genre in my opinion.Still this

January 7, 2007
Deano78

Super Reviewer

    1. Emily Friehl: Don't... you'll ruin it.
    – Submitted by Hanna K (4 months ago)

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