Henry Roth: obsessive-compulsive, somewhat misanthropic, a writer of children's books. His illustrator and only friend, Rudy, dies after a fabulously successful collaboration on "Marty, the Beaver." Henry is under contract to produce another Marty book for Christmas sales. His pu...( read more)
Amy Sedaris, Billy Crudup, Bob Balaban
Henry Roth is messed up. A New York children's book author who tells kids that Santa doesn't exist, he hates sleeping with- and next to- anyone, including his girlfriend and must lay on the floor, usu...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
Stats: 980 reviews
Flixster Reviews (980)
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May 17, 2008
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May 13, 2008
This was a surprise. I bought this film expecting an average love story with clichéd scenarios and cheesy dialogue. Well, it turns out I loved this film a lot and I can't believe I'm saying this, Mandy Moore was great in this. I'm kinda partial with singers turning into actors so...( read more)
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March 3, 2008
I almost stopped watching because of how irritating Henry was at the beginning, but once you get to see his ocd and anxiety problems you start to understand why he's that way. And once Mandy comes along, you get to see his sweetness. The rock scene was very sweet, but soo unlikel...( read more)
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February 26, 2008
Dedication is Justin Theroux's directorial debut. It trots out the tired troubled-boy-meets-spunky-girl formula, but it somehow adds something new to it. I like to think of this 3-star rating of mine as a result of my fondness for Justin Theroux as an actor, and as a perso...( read more)
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September 10, 2007
Justin Theroux is a terrific actor who has a lot of range and skill in his field. However as a director his first shot is a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand the movie looks like a art house romance however turns into typical romantic comedy. The charecters are suppose to be witty,...( read more)
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September 6, 2009
An amazing movie, I laught and felt butterflies in my stomache during the whole movie. And it remembrance a scene of "A walk to remember" in a funny way.
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September 4, 2009
really good, imaginative, crazy, obssesive, psycollogical, romantic, interesting! just loved it
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September 1, 2009
Esse filme segue a linha que tem me agradado muito. Não a temática em si, mas a forma como ela se contrapõe sutilmente a necessidade atuais pelos exageros, hipersensibilidades, dramatizações sobrenaturais e finais espalhafatosos, com o que de fato pode ser concreto. Simples e leg...( read more)
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August 15, 2009
"At least my dad had the decency to die." --Billy Crudup as Henry Roth, a children's author. I've always been a fan of Crudup and I think he does a exceptional performance alongside Mandy Moore and Tom Wilkinson.
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July 1, 2009
I've spent my whole life wanting something and doing my very best not to find it.
Critic Reviews
An unoriginal romantic comedy that vainly attempts to mask its conventionality with all manner of eccentricities. full review
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