Plays like Nicholas Sparks’ innocent kid sister, where the world is defined by piers and acoustic guitars and death’s ever-looming interruption of love.
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There are interesting realities just outside the edges of the film, which would rather move the pieces than tip them over.
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Screams amateur hour, not veteran Oscar winner.
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That Jack believes longevity requires strong, original lyricism works better than the movie believing it.
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Labors inside the sort of buffoonery that “Burn After Reading” achieved with much more cohesive performances and comic richness.
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In a more just world the 2017 feminist empowerment anthem would have been Kesha’s “Woman,” and the 2018 installment will be Dessa’s “Fire Drills."
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Anything intended to land as satire of the entitled only hovers as both familiar and unrefined.
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The idea that Graham would deliver a movie that offers a corrective to, say, her small part in the misogynistic “The Hangover,” is more than welcome. Instead, she often settles for bland, cliché and amateur.
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You can easily dislike “When We First Met” if you want to. Or, just like relationships, you could give this movie a chance and let it surprise you.
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An undeniably talented person is now a mediocre self-parody who has lost the ability to distinguish a good idea from a horrible one and shouldn’t be allowed to write for himself.
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Might have been an Ivy League-pedigreed “The Wolf of Wall Street” for the comedy set -- appreciating the lowbrow takedown of the high-minded as well as the impact of pressure and money on friendship. “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” doesn't even deserve to carry the “The Social Network”’s books.
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1. At this point let’s praise anything that makes us feel better and 2. In the grand scheme, whether or not this year’s movies were quite as good as any other year’s movies isn’t anywhere near the top of the list of things people should particularly care about right now.
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Once again, the actor is pathetic, and the movie is gross.
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The first time these two have collaborated and seemingly didn’t know what they wanted to achieve.
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You’d think a sci-fi concept like this would take a more nuanced view of suicide than just “It’s not the answer,” but alas.
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Still just a princess fantasy disguised as empowerment, revealing only that someone who likes books may feel OK about someone who has books, can defend her from wolves and isn't a total jerk. It’s not a feminist story.
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Maybe I’m just in awe of 200-foot gorillas that do not look like special effects.
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It's cut from the opposite cloth of most hyperactive kid-focused stuff, and it doesn’t pander.
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A story about as wise as a studio that makes a movie set on Valentine’s Day weekend that bites from “Groundhog Day” and then releases it in March.
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A look back at 11 years and more than 2,000 reviews for the Chicago Tribune's RedEye.
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