The Romantics (2010)
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15% of critics liked it
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22% of users liked it
(14,253 ratings)
Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all members of a tight, eclectic college clique, reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura (Katie Holmes) is maid of honor to Lila (Anna Paquin), her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over… More Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all members of a tight, eclectic college clique, reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura (Katie Holmes) is maid of honor to Lila (Anna Paquin), her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over the groom, Tom (Josh Duhamel). Friendships and alliances are tested and the love triangle comes to a head the night before the wedding, when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and return to shore... without the groom. Based on the heralded novel by producer, novelist, director Galt Niederhoffer, THE ROMANTICS is a Zeitgeist love story and generational comedy that breathes new life into the genre and recaptures the camaraderie of youth. -- (C)Paramount Famous Productions
- Directed By
- Galt Niederhoffer
- Written By
- Galt Niederhoffer
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 10, 2010 Limited
- Studio
- Benaroya Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
The script fails to establish the likability of any of the main characters, which dulls the sense of urgency during the dramatic moments.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
What ensues is a couple of days of confession and mild debauchery. It's all sketchy and banal.
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
It's possible that Niederhoffer was too close to her novel to stand back from its excesses. She's made a seriously self-indulgent movie about self-indulgent people.
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Dana Stevens, Slate
[It] somehow skirts utter loathsomeness by dint of its elegant camerawork and a few finely tuned performances. I'm not suggesting you run out to the theater and see this, but if it comes on cable someday and you have a big pile of laundry to fold...
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Instead of Rachel Getting Married with an Oscar-nominated Anne Hathaway, we get Galt Niederhoffer's misbegotten, miscast snoozefest with Katie Holmes struggling to prove that there is life as an actress while still being Mrs. Tom Cruise.
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Cast
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Katie Holmes
as Laura
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Josh Duhamel
as Tom
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Anna Paquin
as Lila
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Malin Akerman
as Tripler
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Adam Brody
as Jake
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Dianna Agron
as Minnow
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Jeremy Strong
as Pete
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Rebecca Lawrence
as Weesie
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Candice Bergen
as Augusta
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Elijah Wood
as Chip
- Anna Akerman








