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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: If you're looking for a late summer, "feel good" romantic comedy, there aren't too many around more affable than this one. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bergman never goes for heavy-handed schmaltz, and the whole movie has the same lighthearted big city spirit as the New York Post headlines that follow the story. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The nastiness in the movie feels derived from life, while all the niceness feels canned -- imported from old Jimmy Stewart pictures. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Perez has a field day as Muriel, injecting a welcome note of good old-fashioned greed into what is otherwise a relentlessly edifying story. Read more
Brian Lowry, Variety: Bergman...really brings home the homage to Capra with the pic's warm, bordering-on-irresistible finale. Read more
Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Simply and without pandering or insults to your intelligence, the movie delivers more of the old-style pleasures of moviegoing than any other picture in a long while. Read more
John F. Kelly, Washington Post: In the end, It Could Happen to You is a lot like the cop and the waitress: sweet, naive, not too smart, but likable. Read more