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03/07/08
Dedication (2007)
41 %
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Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 18
Rotten:26
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus: Mandy Moore and Billy Crudup's lack of chemistry in Dedication makes it hard to maintain interest in this confused love story.
Theatrical Release: Aug 24, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Actor Justin Theroux (MULHOLLAND DRIVE) switches roles and takes a turn behind the camera for the twisted romantic comedy DEDICATION. Billy Crudup stars as Henry, an obsessive-compulsive author of children's books. Henry is forced by... [More]
Starring: Mandy Moore, Billy Crudup, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Balaban
Director: Justin Theroux
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Reviews for Dedication
Dedication's problem isn't its idealized conception of love but the thoroughly unconvincing way in which it is realized.
02/12/08
That's what it takes to make it through this self-consciously dark romantic comedy.
11/08/07
Theroux shoots and edits creatively, and elicits good performances, so here's hoping he gets another crack behind the camera with a more cohesive and consistent script.
10/05/07
Actor Justin Theroux makes an impressive directorial debut, aided by David Bromberg's mordantly funny dialogue.
10/05/07
Dedication is a loopy, semi-romantic comedy better served had it been made by Hal Hartley and released during the autumn of 1994.
10/04/07
Will help Moore get additional notice within the industry, from writers, directors and other creative types who pay attention.
09/24/07
[Director Theroux] has a tendency to overplay things, with self-consciously arty direction and an intrusive soundtrack.
09/21/07
Directed by actor Justin Theroux with a surprisingly saccharine hand, the film is neither believable nor novel.
09/21/07
Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore are immensely likable. We like them so much we regret having to see them in this story.
09/21/07
Top Critic Theroux brings none of the electric surprise or intensity of his acting to bear on the movie. He seems unhappy with the assignment.
09/21/07
A well-acted comedy-drama that may feature the most disagreeable gang of characters to populate any movie this year. Too bad they're not quite as much fun to watch.
09/21/07
Crudup delivers a bracing, uncompromising performance, but it's unmistakably a solo turn in a romantic comedy that's supposed to be about the blurring of egos and the fusing of two idiosyncratic voices into a single harmonious duet.
09/20/07
Crudup exhibits admirable restraint. The story would be more compelling, however, had we not seen the same thing before in As Good as It Gets.
09/20/07
Dedication is engaging for a while, but flits from style to style, from dark to loopy comedy, only to settle on gooey romance.
09/20/07
Gratingly hip, joyless, small-budget Dedication is just another example of what New Yorker magazine recently identified as the 'slacker-striver' trope in today's romances.
09/20/07
Top Critic A film that subjects us to one of the more irritating and unlikable leading men in recent romantic comedy history.
09/04/07
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