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'Til There Was You (1997)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:2

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Two young, upwardly mobile Angelenos lead separate lives destined to intersect--he's a standoffish architect and pathological liar looking out for number one, and she's a wistful, incurably... Two young, upwardly mobile Angelenos lead separate lives destined to intersect--he's a standoffish architect and pathological liar looking out for number one, and she's a wistful, incurably romantic ghost writer looking for Mr. Right. She loves her ornate Gothic apartment building; he's been hired to raze it and replace it with postmoderny angular condos. The two stumble through a maze of near-misses and contrived coincidences on the rocky road to romance. A first feature for director Winant, formerly a producer for TV's "My So-Called Life"; that show's creator, Winnie Holzman, penned. [More]

Starring: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston

Starring: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olin, Craig Bierko, Nina Foch, Alice Drummond, Christine Ebersole, Michael Tucker, Steve Antin, Patrick Malahide, Kasi Lemmons, Kale Browne, Karen Allen

Director: Scott Winant

Director: Scott Winant
Composer: Miles Goodman, Terence Blanchard
Producer: Penney Finkelman Cox, Tom Rosenberg, Alan Poul, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Screenwriter: Winnie Holzman

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Dec 4, 2001

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01/30/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

This is a fluffy, delightful romantic comedy in the same vein as Sleepless in Seattle.

Full Review Source: Film Scouts | comment Comment
04/17/02
Leslie Rigoulot
Leslie Rigoulot
Film Scouts

This film is as messy as its lead character Gwen's (Tripplehorn) personal life.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Alison Macor
Alison Macor
Austin Chronicle

A fragmentary and amateurish fairy tale.

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01/01/00
Andy Seiler
Andy Seiler
USA Today

Even if they never met, nothing about this movie would be different except the last two or three minutes. Not exactly a ringing example of great writing or involving direction.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

No review available.

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11/08/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

When you combine the film's tedious length with questionable casting decisions (Parker disappoints, and Jennifer Aniston plays a surgeon(!?)) you get a fine mess that eventually redeems itself... just not all the way.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

The end credits couldn't have come any sooner

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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08/17/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A big waste of time.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Guy MacPherson
Guy MacPherson
Apollo Guide

Like most episodic tales, some episodes are better than others; but even the good ones aren't as fully developed as they might be.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Tripplehorn and McDermott are likable enough in their roles, but Holzman's precious, overwritten script gives them few genuinely honest moments.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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The payoff, such as it is, is distressingly anticlimactic, and results in frustration.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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pure plastic, flat and transparent. All involved were all too obviously aiming for another ``Sleepless In Seattle,'' but what they've produced is a cinematic siesta.

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01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
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Winnie Holzman's screenplay is uneven.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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A tired piece of romantic cornball fare that harks back to a bygone era, the film is a badly conceived, poorly executed fairy tale guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats.

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03/26/09
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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The film's real irony is that Gwen and Nick are so annoying that they deserve each other.

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

With its clotted script, art direction that's all splash and no style, and dialogue that's too nakedly calculated to facilitate identification), this tedious and confused movie points several characters in obvious directions.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/28/09
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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Graceless star Tripplehorn -- who's called upon to execute a painful series of pratfalls in a high-tech restaurant -- is not a natural comedian, and overall the movie is awkward and leaden.

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07/28/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
 
 
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