Charlize Theron, Frank Langella, Greg Germann

Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson cause...( read more  read more... )s her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.

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16% liked it

95 critics

PG-13, 115 min.

Directed by: Pat O'Connor

Release Date: February 16, 2001

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DVD Release Date: July 24, 2001

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  • July 2, 2009
    wow one of the saddest movies/depressing
  • May 18, 2009
    I saw this for the second time today. I even moved my rating up 1/2 star. Ok, the movie is somewhat preposterous. Nelson (the hunky Keanu Reeves) with his A type personality meets Sara - (the beautiful Charlize Theron) and moves in with her for a month. That is what she does ...( read more)- adopt needy hunky men for a month. Of course it wouldn't be the sappy movie it was if Sara wasn't sick somehow, and if Nelson didn't want to leave after his month. And of course, Nelson is forever transformed, etc. etc.
  • November 29, 2007
    Makes me cry every time. Charlize Theron gives a great performance. Makes you want to live life free and to the fullest. And to rescue some puppies.
  • November 24, 2007
    Great movie, but it has a sad and incomplete ending.
  • July 16, 2007
    Oh what a softy I am becoming!! But on top of the tear-jerky story I have to proclaim what an absolutely fantstic actress Charleze Theron really is. Having seen Monster not too long ago, this role is just completely different. Keanu Reeves can't do much wrong by me I'm afraid...( read more) but then we all have our weak spots don't we.
    If you fancy a night in with a box of kleenex then this is the film you're looking for!
  • November 5, 2009
    i cried a lot while watching this movie.....TT
  • November 3, 2009
    Me cayo super gordisima. Por mucho que lo disfracen de arte no pasa de ser una vieja que se acuesta con medio mundo.
  • November 1, 2009
    this s a true found love!!!
  • October 31, 2009
    i like Keanu Reeves from speed. here he was shown very dramatically. i see Charllize Theron at first time and i can say she was very beautiful, she has amazing face, amazing eyes. i dislike transvestits or perverts in motion picture but if we talk about actor`s art i must say th...( read more)at Jason Isaacs very talanted. he plays very naturally. and film`s theme some banal, i think, there are more and more Estern motion picture in that plot, but i can say an eposode where Keanu Reeves saw tablets and understood her illness i was crying:( it was very hearttouching scene. but why yhe people understand life and hate the clocks and times when they catch illness?
  • October 31, 2009
    It's hard 2 find someone you love & let it go so easily
    :(
    it's a very sad movie though it's worth 2 watch it

Critic Reviews


February 17, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate

I kept waiting for [Reeves] to point out that, given the state of San Francisco real estate these days, it's hard to reconcile a life of endless surf-romping with a life of having a roof over one's head. full review

February 16, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Beware all male viewers who enter here, you are in chick-movie hell. full review

February 16, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Sweet November is neither a masterpiece nor a remake of one, but its wistfulness is infectious, and its melancholy mood lingers for days. full review

February 16, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Sweet November does neither of its leads any favors. But they fill their roles admirably, and then some. full review

February 16, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Defies all comprehension. full review

February 16, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I don't know who I disliked more intensely -- Nelson, the abrupt, insulting ad man played by Keanu Reeves, or Sara, Charlize Theron's narcissistic martyr. full review

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Comments


  • demophase
    June 5, 2009
    This Movies was an awesome story, although from one side Peter Travers said something that really anooying about it. But from what i seen from this movies is that, we must respect life, knowing people arround you, and maybe they were cared about you... What my mom always told me that, "Bekerja itu bukan segalanya, tapi semuanya membutuhkan suatu KERJA/usaha."
  • michellefortuin
    May 30, 2009
    Such a sad movie.. In the beginning everything is funny, but the transition to the ending is so sad.
    Some people say there isn't chemistry between Keanu and Charlize and that they are acting bad, but I don't think that at all. I definitely thought there is chemistry between them. And that they were acting good, especially Charlize.
    Beautiful movie.
  • rimamouryn
    March 9, 2009
    Bulan November memang selalu indah, apalagi kalo tanggal 21 he..he...
  • shailunegi23
    November 13, 2008
    i lke this movie so much bcoz it touches my heart so much...
  • camypiranha
    January 6, 2008
    imposible not to love this movie. :)
  • njlyk
    November 20, 2007
    if i want to b in love i watch dis movie
    i love dogs i like ernie
  • M0DI
    April 9, 2007
    i wana see it i think it`s cool
  • lildevileater2003
    June 22, 2006
    diz movie iz one sad,beautiful movie...i luved it and it made me cry at da end..:)

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