Fresh
Some of the bits are funny, every now and then they're sweet, the performances are OK and really, with this much talent involved, it's hard not to be disappointed in that.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
How Do You Know
How do you know it's love?
2010 · 2h 1m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
James L. Brooks
Overview
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
31%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Contrived, mawkish and mirthless, this feels like it was made by people who haven't had any meaningful human contact for years.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Rotten
Everything looks primed for civilized amusement, but somewhere along the way the laughs dropped off, together with the question mark in the title.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Brooks has given us the rare contemporary rom-com that's by turns (if intermittently) thoughtful and funny, and that doesn't feel focus-grouped, cynical, misogynist, or mean. It seems ungenerous not to cut such a generous movie a break.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Rotten
How do you know if a romantic comedy isn't working? Generally if it's neither especially romantic, nor particularly comic. And in this picture, no matter how many times he keeps coming up to bat, Brooks keeps striking out.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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