'Til There Was You (1997)
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7% of critics liked it
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36% of users liked it
(12,592 ratings)
This romantic comedy is the first film from two television veterans, writer Winnie Holzman and director Scott Winant. Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is a writer working on the life story of former child actress Francesca Lanfield (Sarah Jessica Parker), who is recovering from drug addiction. Nick… More This romantic comedy is the first film from two television veterans, writer Winnie Holzman and director Scott Winant. Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is a writer working on the life story of former child actress Francesca Lanfield (Sarah Jessica Parker), who is recovering from drug addiction. Nick Dawkan (Dylan McDermott) is an architect working on a housing development that will require razing Gwen's beloved vintage apartment. Gwen frequently visits a restaurant designed by Nick, but she never meets him. In the meantime, she is romantically rebuffed by a college professor (Ken Olin), who reveals that he is bisexual. Eventually, Gwen's crusade to save the apartment complex, which is owned by Francesca, attracts the attention of Nick. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Scott Winant
- Written By
- Winnie Holzman
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 30, 1997 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 11, 2001
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
With its clotted script, art direction that's all splash and no style, and dialogue that's too nakedly calculated to facilitate identification), this tedious and confused movie points several characters in obvious directions.
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Leonard Klady, Variety
A tired piece of romantic cornball fare that harks back to a bygone era, the film is a badly conceived, poorly executed fairy tale guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats.
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Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
Tripplehorn and McDermott are likable enough in their roles, but Holzman's precious, overwritten script gives them few genuinely honest moments.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Here is the most tiresome and affected movie in many a moon, a 114-minute demonstration of the Idiot Plot, in which everything could be solved with a few well-chosen words that are never spoken.
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Andy Seiler, USA Today
A fragmentary and amateurish fairy tale.
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Cast
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
as Gwen Moss
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Dylan McDermott
as Nick Dawkan
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Sarah Jessica Parker
as Francesca Lanfield
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Jennifer Aniston
as Debbie
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Ken Olin
as Gregory Haas
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Craig Bierko
as Jon
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Michael Tucker (I)
as Saul Moss
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Alice Drummond
as Harriet Keeney
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Nina Foch
as Sophie Monroe
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Karen Allen
as Betty Dawkan
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Steve Antin
as Kevin
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Kale Browne
as Vince Dawkan
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Christine Ebersole
as Beebee Moss
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Kasi Lemmons
as Angenelle
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Reg Rogers
as Bob
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Patrick Malihide
as Timo