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It lurches along, making Ms. Bell and Mr. Duhamel look duller than they need to.
How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.
A bunch of eager performers troll for laughs that never come.
In the case of When in Rome, oh to do what the Romans used to do: Toss the bloody thing to the lions.
We get three acts of labored slapstick wrung from an eye-roller of a premise.
A brainless, fizzy, romantic-comedy fairy tale with a roster of acting talent far beyond expectations.
Most of the troubles come from the painfully unfunny shenanigans of Beth's magic-stricken admirers.
When in Rome never delves deep into anything, but whisks us through the conventions of romantic comedies so quickly there's barely time to groan.
When in Rome is an insipid waste; every ounce of potential has been steadfastly turned away from in order to make a safe little piece of clowning.
[Bell] carries a classic presence and charm that is tough not to like. Yet, at the same time, she does so with a little spunk and sass.
...we are expected to suspend our disbelief and accept that the adorable Kristen Bell needs some sort of crackpot magic spell to attract suitors.
You know from the start of Mark Steven Johnson's silly, sunny romcom how it's going to end.
Number of record-scratch jokes? Three. Number of walk-into-a-lamppost gags? Two. Number of laughs? Take a wild guess.
Despite its over-the-top zaniness, this romantic comedy manages to keep us entertained with its starry cast and a nutty plot. If only the filmmakers had resisted the urge to exaggerate both the humour and the sentimentality.
This Italian-themed romcom is not quite the most unspeakably-patronising-to-Italy film of all time. That prize belongs to the musical Nine, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. But it runs a very close second.
All you need to know about When In Rome is that it was written by David Diamond and David Weissman, who perpetrated the atrocity that was the Robin Williams-John Travolta 'comedy' Old Dogs.
Ladies, here's a chick-flick best enjoyed with your eyelids actually glued together.
On the up side, it has a decent cast, but class acts like Anjelica Huston aren't given enough to do. And Danny DeVito has to say awful lines like "There's not an emotion on earth that can't be expressed through sausage."
This is nothing more than a throwaway comedy clumsily assembled from a half-decent idea.
When in Rome is watchable enough, albeit in a cheesily inept way, but is far less magical than its storyline.
It's all a bit of harmless froth and nonsense -- as long as you're not too disturbed by the sight of DeVito chasing Bell around the Guggenheim like Benny Hill on Viagra.
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