In Her Shoes 2005

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: In Her Shoes may be corny, but its tenderness is genuine, and the movie's affection for its characters is awfully contagious. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: In Her Shoes is aimed squarely at a demographic -- grown-up women -- who aren't often catered to by Hollywood, and it's competent and sometimes charming. But there's a soap-opera blandness to it that even the gifted cast can't overcome. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: In Her Shoes doesn't leave much to subtlety or chance, but MacLaine, the one-time gamine, proves she is not just a star. She's an actress. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Very well written. All the supporting performances are good. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: You can see that some of the stuff on the screen might have actually worked in print, especially for a certain audience. But so much more is gooey and lazy and just not especially smart. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: It's a rare film that requires a trash-talking best friend and a lively, smart-mouthed, comically blunt little old lady to liven things up. It's an even rarer film that can't be helped by either one. Read more

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The movie is funny, but there's an undercurrent of genuine feeling. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Entertaining enough, but it's more pat than provocative -- this is what makes it a bona fide audience pleaser while keeping it from drawing real blood. Read more

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: In Her Shoes treats love like a pretty accessory to be stored in a plastic box and shoved in the back of a closet when it proves impractical. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Never lurked a Chick Flick that looked fairer on the urge to talk things out. Never lurked one with a smarter cast or a more cluttered screenplay, full of mirth and sorrow. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: No great claims should be made for In Her Shoes. But there is something to be said for froth when it's expertly whipped. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Hanson and his three leading ladies have given us the gift of a finely crafted movie full of humbling and humorous truths. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Will MacLaine grab an Oscar nomination in the Supporting Actress category with her bare teeth? You have to ask? Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: It ultimately emerges as a movie of warmth, wit and wisdom. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Classy junk. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: A saggy, baggy monster whose mood swings and personality tics spill over in unrelenting gushes. Read more

Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture: I think one reason this movie is so appealing is that it's the anti-Sex and the City-its earnestness and relative lack of rank bawdiness or cynicism seem novel in the present pop-culture atmosphere. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A genuinely heartfelt look at sibling rivalry, and the bonds (and battles) that sisters are heir to. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: A bungled mess that spends an hour creating two characters whose lives are about as believable as a successful ambush set by Wile E. Coyote for the Road Runner. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Curtis Hanson wrests a richly textured story of love from Jennifer Weiner's breezy bestselling fiction about two sisters engaged in an epic battle of the heart. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: The movie gets much, much better as it goes along. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Try on these Shoes. Even if you don't like the style, you will love where they take you. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Do you like shoes? False sentimentality? Something that mistakes generalizations for insight? Then In Her Shoes is the film for you. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: In Her Shoes starts out with the materials of an ordinary movie and becomes a rather special one. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The movie works neither as a comedy nor as a lame melodrama -- its entertainment value is embarrassingly feeble. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The characters seem authentic -- until the chick-flick template distorts them. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: If movies were scratch-and-sniff, In Her Shoes would be a cloying blend of patent leather, melon lip-gloss and potpourri sachets. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: A clunky flick that doesn't think at all, and ends up aping the worst traits of both siblings: Far too big and way too shallow, it's a bloated lightweight of a movie. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Forsaking all art and subtlety, something he used to display in abundance, Hanson has chosen to adapt a Jennifer Weiner novel that is so light, it should come with weights attached to keep it from floating away. Read more

Amy Simmons, Time Out: Considering it doesn't star Maggie Smith or Judi Dench, it's surprising how mature and moving this female-focused drama is. Read more

Mike Clark, USA Today: Collette's performance is so full of juice and the beneficiary of good dialogue that Diaz's may end up being underrated. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: While for many guys it will take a woman they're really, really interested in to drag them to this sort of high class soap opera, women and more emotionally flexible men should have little trouble becoming involved in this tale of sisterly love/hate. Read more

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: We crave more of the rapid slang and secret code that, by excluding us, creates intimacy. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: There'd be nothing wrong with this if the film 'fessed up to its kitschy soul. Instead, it pretends to be the high-minded drama it's not. Read more