When in Rome

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Directed By: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Angelica Huston
Year: 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Theatrical Release: 1.29.2010
DVD Release: 6.15.2010
Plot Summary: Magic coins bring an assortment of odd suitors to a disillusioned woman (Kristen Bell), but a persistent reporter (Josh Duhamel) may hold the promise of real romance.

Reviews

CRITICS3.0

USERS7.3


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Most of it is fun fantasy...

—Charlotte Triggs People

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6
Most of it is fun fantasy...

—Charlotte Triggs People
5
Though not as ultra-clichéd as its title, When in Rome follows the predictable conventions of the genre. There's a higher-than-average dose of chemistry between the affable and attractive leads, Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. Their likability is the only reason to watch the movie.

—Claudia Puig USA Today
5
...one of those romantic comedies that's compelled to spell everything out for its audience at 10 minute intervals, as if we were deciphering an ancient symbolon at the heart of the latest Dan Brown novel.

—Sean O'Connell filmcritic.com
5
Except for boyfriends and husbands reluctantly dragged along to megaplexes by their significant others, few folks who buy tickets to When in Rome will dislike this predictable but pleasant comedic fantasy.

—Joe Leydon Variety
4
The movie lacks invention and true magic in the worst way.

—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
4
...frantic and dispiriting...

—A. O. Scott New York Times
4
...three acts of labored slapstick wrung from an eye-roller of a premise...

—Adam Markovitz Entertainment Weekly
4
...a limp, lazy waste of everybody's time.

—Dezhda Gaubert E!
3
...nothing can salvage a script this lame.

—Stephen Farber Hollywood Reporter
2
...the kind of wretched embarrassment that may leave viewers trying to suspend the belief that they?re still sitting in the theater watching it.

—Tasha Robinson Onion AV Club
0
...a romantic comedy of such staggering ineptness that it actually makes one wish director Mark Steven Johnson would redirect his attention back to the superhero genre he sullied with Daredevil and Ghost Rider.

—Nick Schager Slant Magazine

ReelzChannel.com, January 29, 2010

When in Rome Critic Reviews
When the trailer for a rom-com produces more grimaces than laughs, you know the actual movie is probably going to do the same, except for a longer period of time. So it is with When in Rome, starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel.

"Though not as ultra-clichéd as its title, When in Rome follows the predictable conventions of the genre. There's a higher-than-average dose of chemistry between the affable and attractive leads, Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. Their likability is the only reason to watch the movie."

— Claudia Puig, USA Today

"...one of those romantic comedies that's compelled to spell everything out for its audience at 10 minute intervals, as if we were deciphering an ancient symbolon at the heart of the latest Dan Brown novel."

— Sean O'Connell, filmcritic.com

"The movie lacks invention and true magic in the worst way."

— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"...three acts of labored slapstick wrung from an eye-roller of a premise..."

— Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly

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