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
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Dedication's problem isn't its idealized conception of love but the thoroughly unconvincing way in which it is realized. Full Review |
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2/5 |
That's what it takes to make it through this self-consciously dark romantic comedy. Full Review |
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 3/4 |
It restores one's faith in Mandy Moore's film career. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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Actor Justin Theroux makes an impressive directorial debut, aided by David Bromberg's mordantly funny dialogue. Full Review |
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C+ |
Dedication is a loopy, semi-romantic comedy better served had it been made by Hal Hartley and released during the autumn of 1994. Full Review |
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It leaves you wishing the oddball couple well. Full Review |
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Will help Moore get additional notice within the industry, from writers, directors and other creative types who pay attention. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Stridently annoying. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
[Director Theroux] has a tendency to overplay things, with self-consciously arty direction and an intrusive soundtrack. Full Review |
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C |
Directed by actor Justin Theroux with a surprisingly saccharine hand, the film is neither believable nor novel. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore are immensely likable. We like them so much we regret having to see them in this story. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Theroux brings none of the electric surprise or intensity of his acting to bear on the movie. He seems unhappy with the assignment. Full Review |
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2/4 |
A well-acted comedy-drama that may feature the most disagreeable gang of characters to populate any movie this year. Too bad they're not quite as much fun to watch. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Dedication is engaging for a while, but flits from style to style, from dark to loopy comedy, only to settle on gooey romance. Full Review |
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Gratingly hip, joyless, small-budget Dedication is just another example of what New Yorker magazine recently identified as the 'slacker-striver' trope in today's romances. Full Review |
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