The Trouble With Men and Women (2006)

Critic Reviews

• John Anderson, Newsday

  The Trouble With Men and Women doesn't illuminate anything, including the compulsion among some filmmakers to recycle the hoariest romantic situations, in the presumed hope that a charming cast might save the day.

• Stephen Holden, New York Times

  Although the setting of this tiny, well-acted movie is contemporary London, it could be any European or American city where people mate and hope for the best.

• Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly

  I won't spoil the anticlimax, but we learn love is both (a) hard and (b) sometimes right in front of you!

• Kyle Smith, New York Post

  A British indie as tepid as yesterday morning's tea.

• Luke Y. Thompson, Village Voice

  The mostly unknown actors are charming, and while the story is formulaic, it never feels blatantly contrived.

• Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Threat

  Yet another dreary romance drama that's redundant, tedious, and often too vapid to be taken seriously when focusing on one dimensional cardboard cutouts we're told we have to care about...

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  The characters never really come alive--they're rather unlikeable and vague, without much personality.

• Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

  Ruminates about love, fidelity, and other relationship-related topics like a mopey college freshman who's just endured his or her first break-up.

• Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Fisher's characters often turn to the likes of Voltaire to make their point about the ways of the heart and the world, but it's smart enough on its own terms. It's sweet and well done, and carries a slight air of the nouvelle vague.

• Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net

  Honestly, this is a waste of precious DV tapes.

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