Critic Reviews

• Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times

  My Last Five Girlfriends is a stab at an anti- romantic comedy, but with too dull a blade.

• Mike Hale, New York Times

  It's hard to get a date when you won't stop talking about yourself even though you don't have much to say.

• Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

  Enough visual effect shots to rival a Transformers picture. And what does the screen blizzard amount to? An intolerable ride of self-importance and easily avoidable emotional trauma.

• S. James Wegg, JWR

  Director/writer Julian Kemp has totally embraced the notion that life is a merry-go-round and created a quick-paced, whimsical examination of the timeless quest for finding true love.

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  Packed with extremely clever touches, this film demonstrates that brains simply aren't enough for the rom-com genre

• Derek Malcolm, This is London

  If the film is an intriguing attempt to do something different by way of a plot, it is not different enough to do more than pass the time.

• Karen Krizanovich, Radio Times

  The attempts at being witty end up being more gimmick than skill, and produce stereotypical characters depicted by average performances.

• Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

  Kemp engages the eye with a variety of camera tricks and animated inventions that belie his modest budget.

• Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]

  The miracle is not that this guy lost five girlfriends, but that he ever attracted them in the first place.

• Wendy Ide, Times [UK]

  Taking the central role of Duncan is Brendan Patricks, a pallid chap with pink watery eyes that make him look like a rabbit in the final stages of myxomatosis.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  There are some nice insights, and it's got a higher IQ than most movies on this subject, but the irritation factor is still high.

• Catherine Bray, Film4

  It's as hard to root for somebody who views his relationships through this egocentric prism as you would expect.

• Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph

  Bright, ambitious, and almost terminally self-conscious.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  Enjoyable, inventively directed romcom with a likeable performance from Brendan Patricks and some decent gags.

• Robbie Collin, News of the World

  It's well worth a look.

• Jane Crowther, Total Film

  Some flatly drawn characters, contrived sojourns from the story and a niggling sense of smugness make this a disappointing triumph of gimmickry over heart.

• William Thomas, Empire Magazine

  Packed with ambition and ideas, but Julian Kemp's subversive rom-com is bogged down by wild fluctuations in tone and acting ability.

• Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

  Kemp makes a virtue of his choppy cuts and fantasy segments, although the film does take a little while to settle into a rhythm and one or two of the earlier girlfriends feel less fleshed out than others.

• Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics

  Some very different cinematic methods and above-average acting and direction make this entourage of beautiful people a rom-com worth watching.

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