...primarily comes off as an affable romantic comedy that boasts expectedly terrific performances...
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01/31/08
Pipe Dream (2002)
72 %
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 13
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Who said directing was a hard job? In this romantic comedy from director John Walsh, a discouraged plumber, David (Martin Donovan), decides that he'd get more respect and have more luck with the ladies if he were a movie director. So he... [More]
Starring: Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Gayheart, Kevin Carroll
Director: John Walsh
Reviews for Pipe Dream
1 - 18 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Manages to plug all leaks and tell an implausible story that still made some sense.
03/07/04
Somewhere towards the last third of this movie I found myself often glancing at my watch.
07/10/03
All the pieces fall together without much surprise, but little moments give it a boost.
01/09/03
Pipe Dream does have its charms. The leads are natural and lovely, the pace is serene, the humor wry and sprightly.
10/17/02
Top Critic That rara avis: the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind.
10/05/02
What bubbles up out of John C. Walsh's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch.
10/04/02
The quirky and recessive charms of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker help overcome the problematic script.
10/04/02
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The smug, oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream is just repulsive.
10/04/02
Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead, but they bring a fresh, quirky charm to the formula.
10/03/02
This mild-mannered farce, directed by one of its writers, John C. Walsh, is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago.
10/03/02
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