What works about it is very good and makes us want to see what Theroux could do with a more consistent property.
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08/24/07
Dedication (2007)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:18
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Mandy Moore and Billy Crudup's lack of chemistry in Dedication makes it hard to maintain interest in this confused love story.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Actor Justin Theroux (MULHOLLAND DRIVE) switches roles and takes a turn behind the camera for the twisted romantic comedy DEDICATION. Billy Crudup stars as Henry, an obsessive-compulsive author of... [More]
Starring: Mandy Moore, Billy Crudup, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Balaban
Director: Justin Theroux
Reviews for Dedication
Will help Moore get additional notice within the industry, from writers, directors and other creative types who pay attention.
09/24/07
Actor Justin Theroux makes an auspicious directorial debut with a disarmingly funny romantic comedy full of emotional life and witty filmic textures.
08/14/07
It leaves you wishing the oddball couple well.
09/25/07
Crudup exhibits admirable restraint. The story would be more compelling, however, had we not seen the same thing before in As Good as It Gets.
09/20/07
One big asset is his excellent use of music, including the child-like plaintive wailing of a group called Deerhoof. Other smart choices include songs by Cat Power and the Stokes, all expertly edited into the flow of the story.
01/24/07
Top CriticDedication is peppered with drolly passive-aggressive supporting characters and actors equipped to do them full justice.
08/23/07
It restores one's faith in Mandy Moore's film career.
11/07/07
Actor Justin Theroux makes an impressive directorial debut, aided by David Bromberg's mordantly funny dialogue.
10/05/07
Bitterness yields to a bruised but earned sense of reciprocity in Justin Theroux’s wintry directorial debut -- a romance that feels, for better or worse, like a John Hughes film. (In this critic’s eyes, better.)
08/23/07
Truly tender, truly funny...a pessimistic, unrelenting take on love that is still a date movie for anyone who wants to enjoy a romantic comedy without feeling guilty about it.
08/24/07
A pleasingly weird, dryly funny little indie.
08/24/07
Theroux shoots and edits creatively, and elicits good performances, so here's hoping he gets another crack behind the camera with a more cohesive and consistent script.
10/05/07
Moore is such a smooth and comfortable presence onscreen that the at times embarrassingly naked framework of David Bromberg's screenplay seems almost believable.
08/25/07
Crudup delivers a bracing, uncompromising performance, but it's unmistakably a solo turn in a romantic comedy that's supposed to be about the blurring of egos and the fusing of two idiosyncratic voices into a single harmonious duet.
09/20/07
So apparently maladjusted adult sensibility can give rise to a special gift for weirdly connecting to a child's imagination. Who knew.
08/23/07
Director Justin Theroux takes what is otherwise a fairly straightforward romantic comedy formula and turns it into an elliptical meditation on the merits of actual human connection.
08/24/07
Check it out and enjoy the hijinks of this messed up children’s book writer but don’t look that far into it because you will be disappointed.
02/03/07
When Henry says he can't throw away a towel because he's afraid it might have feelings, even Miranda July will want to throttle him.
08/21/07
Dedication is a loopy, semi-romantic comedy better served had it been made by Hal Hartley and released during the autumn of 1994.
10/04/07
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