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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Despite one of the more contrived framing devices outside an actual frame shop, Definitely, Maybe keeps you interested in its characters and isn't afraid of complicating your sympathies a little. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This highly uneven comedy by writer-director Adam Brooks might be easier to take if it were less infatuated with its own cuteness. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Everything feels derivative and nothing rings true -- it's The Way We Weren't. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: There's really nothing terribly wrong with Definitely, Maybe, but there's nothing strikingly right about it, either; it's as good as it needs to be, and no more. It'll do in a Valentine's Day pinch, until something better comes along. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Definitely, Maybe is definitely a cut above your standard-issue genre fare, maybe way above. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It won't be on anybody's 10-best list at the end of the year. But it's agreeable and engaging and real enough in the right smallish ways, and it has an emotional maturity at odds with the high-grade plastic from which it's constructed. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: This slick romantic comedy has several things going for it, including an interesting premise and an attractive cast. Getting all its elements to cohere, however, is too often just beyond its grasp. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Definitely, Maybe isn't terrible exactly, but it's bland, and in some ways that's worse. It's a romance posing as a detective story in which the solution is obvious and not worth the fuss. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: The big news here is the intelligence, the balance, the real romance in Definitely, Maybe. No, it doesn't follow the formula. And really, how cool is that? Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: No one's a cartoon villain, and no one's beyond reproach, either. Everyone speaks like a grown-up. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: The big question isn't "Does love exist?" but "Does love last?", a resigned philosophy that shares the stage with crisp, sharp jokes and insightful moments of recognition Read more
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: The picture does have a certain unimpeachable charm. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Reynolds provides the perfect foil for these spiky women. Quietly masculine and so relaxed in his effects that he could be prescribed for anxiety, Reynolds exudes an elusive charisma that suggests Ryan O'Neal by way of George Gobel. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: Definitely, Maybe, which was written and directed by Adam Brooks, has charm and spirit. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [Reynolds] is -- once again -- better than his material, which relies too heavily on obvious sentimentality and lazy '90s nostalgia. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Is Definitely, Maybe the best romantic comedy released so far this year? Definitely. Should you go see it? Maybe. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Definitely, Maybe is a romantic comedy you don't have to feel embarrassed to embrace. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: [Adam] Brooks' movie has romantic ambition, something lacking in Hollywood romantic comedies of late. But he has made a slow-footed, long-winded comedy with more grins than laughs, an arm's-length romance with a real eye-roller of an ending. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: A romantic comedy with brains as well as heart, Definitely, Maybe is that rare studio release that feels like it was written by a human being, not by committee. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Brooks' take on the ups and downs of modern romance and the unexpected turns it takes is smart, funny, and (above all) uncommon. Read more
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com: Definitely, Maybe isn't a particularly good movie. It's hard to make either romance or comedy out of relationship wreckage, not to mention career ennui, and the pace is often meandering and sulky. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: As the movie is about a character's growing into his own truth rather than discovering some preordained truth, Definitely, Maybe is hard to outguess. For once in a romantic comedy you won't be able to tell after 5 minutes who will end up together. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Definitely, Maybe proves that there are still innovative ways to tell the oldest story of all, the one about two people falling in love. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: The creative team here has ties to that Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones crowd, which may explain why so many of Ryan Reynolds's lines sound as if they might have been better delivered by a young Hugh Grant. Read more
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star: It's no accident that the producers Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, are the pair responsible for such romantic comedies as Love Actually, About a Boy, Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill, all starring Hugh Grant. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: It is, I suppose, a premise, of sorts, but as writer-director Adam Brooks's Definitely, Maybe galumphs along, it is not a particularly romantic or comedic one. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: It could use some editing toward the conclusion, but it's generally enjoyable, amusing and more sophisticated than most films in this genre. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: Definitely, Maybe has charm and some depth, even if it's ultimately more a third-base hit than a home run. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: Definitely, Maybe is a surprisingly rewarding romantic comedy. Read more
John Anderson, Washington Post: Releasing a movie on Valentine's Day can mean only one thing and, yes, Definitely, Maybe has it in big fragrant bouquets. Love, heartache and dollops of schmaltz. Read more