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07/22/08
Anything But Love (2003)
38 %
Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 13 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: ANYTHING BUT LOVE, which celebrates the style and sensibility of the 50’s Technicolor musicals, tells a contemporary love story of a young woman choosing between the life she wants and the dreams she can’t live without. The film stars ISABEL ROSE as Billie Golden, a woman infatuated with... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Eartha Kitt
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Top Critic
Without the bawdiness and irony of the Doris Day tribute Down With Love, Anything but Love will also bring to mind the comedies of Judy Holliday.
04/09/04
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01/24/04
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01/15/04
Obvious, but sweet-tempered and lovingly put together enough to generally trump such shortcomings. For fans of breezy, feel-good fare only.
01/09/04
All the quirky characters feel as familiar and comfortable as the supporting cast in your own life, even when it comes to the irritating ones.
12/31/03
An appealing, low-budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie, whose pluck and talent are tonic -- if as shopworn as her thrift-store threads.
12/11/03
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12/10/03
The script, co-written by Rose with director Robert Cary, is flatfooted in the extreme, lacking any comic value or real human insight.
12/06/03
Ends up little more than a vanity piece for Rose and an exercise in style over substance for Cary.
12/04/03
Top Critic
It's a good indie movie that's perfect for couples, and you won't be embarrassed to take mom along, too.
11/25/03
To borrow a word from another American standard, Anything but Love, is hardly unforgettable. But if you're looking for the movie equivalent of comfort food, then there's something to dig into here.
11/21/03
Filmed in the colors of newborn Technicolor, plotted as a tribute to the conventions of Hollywood romance, filled with standard songs, it's by and for people who love those kinds of movies.
11/21/03
Top Critic
The earnest, low-budget indie Anything But Love isn't quite the movie you'd like it to be, but it provides some kicks, nonetheless.
11/20/03
The filmmaking pales when compared with the classic elements of 1950s and early '60s romantic musicals to which it pays homage.
11/19/03
It all comes off with the crowd-pleasing potential of another My Big Fat Greek Wedding, albeit one starved of much of the wit and outrageous ethnic color.
11/18/03
This stylized romantic comedy offers limited, largely synthetic rewards.
11/14/03
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