Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 18
The script is cliched and badly written. The female characters aren't believable, and the movie is not funny.
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 8
The script is cliched and badly written. The female characters aren't believable, and the movie is not funny.
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 809
Writer-director Kwyn Bader debuts with this romantic comedy about finding the right woman at the wrong time. Theodorus (Hill Harper) has a knack for falling for "Jezebels," women who are already involved with someone else. His romantic misadventures begin in Kindergarten and continue with a platonic relationship with beautiful acting student Frances (Nicole Ari Parker), a fling with a teddy bear-obsessed lass, and a passionate crush on fledgling poet and very married Samantha (Laurel Holloman).
Oct 1, 1999 Wide
Apr 10, 2001
Universal Pictures
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (18) | DVD (2)
Loving Jezebel, a joyous first feature by director Kwyn Bader, is a charmer.
A fundamental lack of substance.
It's hard to dislike a romantic comedy that's infatuated with the concept of love.
Somehow manages to squander both an appealing cast and an inviting Manhattan setting.
Kwyn Bader's debut feature is run-of-the-mill sitcom-y in its pedestrian writing and uninspired direction.
[Bader] needs encouragement. And bears watching.
A lighthearted and frothy romantic comedy; a fun and amusing diversion, but little more.
A movie that likes movies.
The sort of film that should make people appreciate The Ladies Man more. It was certainly a lot more fun.
Leaves the audience...with a somewhat empty feeling when all is said and done.
Director and writer Kwyn Bader, making his big-screen debut, crafts an appealing story despite falling into the pitfalls often associated with a first-time director.
Sometimes entertaining, but is as a package a bit innocuous and lightweight.
Bader's film is 87 minutes of over-caffeinated Midnite Love masquerading as lit-major trash.
Harper certainly garners audience sympathy because he really is a sensitive guy, but he's unconvincing as a romeo who 'loves all the things about women their men don't love.' What is this, a Luther Vandross song?
Intriguing story plot.
December 6, 2008Super Reviewer
Good film, great performance by Hill Harper...he's a highly underrated actor.
December 11, 2007Super Reviewer
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