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'Til There Was You (1997)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:2

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Two young, upwardly mobile Angelenos lead separate lives destined to intersect--he's a standoffish architect and pathological liar looking out for number one, and she's a wistful, incurably... Two young, upwardly mobile Angelenos lead separate lives destined to intersect--he's a standoffish architect and pathological liar looking out for number one, and she's a wistful, incurably romantic ghost writer looking for Mr. Right. She loves her ornate Gothic apartment building; he's been hired to raze it and replace it with postmoderny angular condos. The two stumble through a maze of near-misses and contrived coincidences on the rocky road to romance. A first feature for director Winant, formerly a producer for TV's "My So-Called Life"; that show's creator, Winnie Holzman, penned. [More]

Starring: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston

Starring: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olin, Craig Bierko, Nina Foch, Alice Drummond, Christine Ebersole, Michael Tucker, Steve Antin, Patrick Malahide, Kasi Lemmons, Kale Browne, Karen Allen

Director: Scott Winant

Director: Scott Winant
Composer: Miles Goodman, Terence Blanchard
Producer: Penney Finkelman Cox, Tom Rosenberg, Alan Poul, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Screenwriter: Winnie Holzman

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Reviews for 'Til There Was You

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Rob Nelson

Bad romantic comedies with sappy characters aren't always without merit, since we cynics can at least use them to further our conviction that love isn't worth the trouble. But this bad romantic comedy is merely bad.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 05 2009 07:10 AM

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2/4

Maitland McDonagh

Graceless star Tripplehorn -- who's called upon to execute a painful series of pratfalls in a high-tech restaurant -- is not a natural comedian, and overall the movie is awkward and leaden.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 28 2009 04:17 PM

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Lisa Alspector

With its clotted script, art direction that's all splash and no style, and dialogue that's too nakedly calculated to facilitate identification), this tedious and confused movie points several characters in obvious directions.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 28 2009 04:16 PM

Chicago Reader

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Leonard Klady

A tired piece of romantic cornball fare that harks back to a bygone era, the film is a badly conceived, poorly executed fairy tale guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 26 2009 03:16 AM

Variety

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 17 2005 11:32 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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2/4

Leonard Schwarz

The film's real irony is that Gwen and Nick are so annoying that they deserve each other.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:15 PM

Palo Alto Weekly

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Jeffrey Westhoff

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 30 2003 03:13 PM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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2/5

Brian J. Arthurs

No review available.

comment Comment | Nov., 08 2002 03:55 PM

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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2/5

Clint Morris

The end credits couldn't have come any sooner

comment Comment | Sep., 20 2002 12:25 AM

Moviehole

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 30 2002 10:51 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Leslie Rigoulot

This is a fluffy, delightful romantic comedy in the same vein as Sleepless in Seattle.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 17 2002 08:16 AM

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Jack Mathews

Tripplehorn and McDermott are likable enough in their roles, but Holzman's precious, overwritten script gives them few genuinely honest moments.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 14 2001 12:37 AM

Los Angeles Times

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1.5/5

Alison Macor

This film is as messy as its lead character Gwen's (Tripplehorn) personal life.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Austin Chronicle

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1.5/4

Andy Seiler

A fragmentary and amateurish fairy tale.

comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

USA Today

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2/4

Barbara Shulgasser

Even if they never met, nothing about this movie would be different except the last two or three minutes. Not exactly a ringing example of great writing or involving direction.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

San Francisco Examiner

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2.5/5

Christopher Null

When you combine the film's tedious length with questionable casting decisions (Parker disappoints, and Jennifer Aniston plays a surgeon(!?)) you get a fine mess that eventually redeems itself... just not all the way.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Filmcritic.com

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35/100

Guy MacPherson

A big waste of time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Apollo Guide

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3/10

Jack Garner

Like most episodic tales, some episodes are better than others; but even the good ones aren't as fully developed as they might be.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

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2/4

James Berardinelli

The payoff, such as it is, is distressingly anticlimactic, and results in frustration.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

ReelViews

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James Sanford

pure plastic, flat and transparent. All involved were all too obviously aiming for another ``Sleepless In Seattle,'' but what they've produced is a cinematic siesta.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

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