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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Forgettably frivolous. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Lightweight but hugely enjoyable. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Pretty and witty but too preplanned, the film zips us along merrily yet fades as soon as it's over. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: About halfway through you start wondering if anything else is going to happen to make things more interesting. The answer: Nope. Read more
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: A sweet, pleasant pouf -- a puffy, fluffy place to sit down and escape the real world. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Serendipity asks us to believe that Fate's will is influenced by old movies and a few seasons' worth of Mad About You. Don't the gods have better things to do? Or at least have more cable channels than mere mortals? Read more
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz: While this romantic confection is about as substantial as the frozen hot cocoa they serve at the titular Upper East Side restaurant, it's appealing cast and snowbound, fairy-tale NYC locations make it go down easy. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A movie that never rises above featherweight. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A series of near misses and close calls which you'll either find delightful or irritating, depending on your tolerance for whimsical romance. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A blithe and unapologetic fairy tale about affairs of the heart, it's a spun-sugar confection that's so light and airy it threatens to simply float away. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The movie generally punches the right buttons, at least for the true romantics among us; it just punches the same ones too many times and, occcasionally, too forcefully. Read more
Paul Tatara, CNN.com: So stringently a 'romantic comedy,' you could review it with a pie chart. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Serendipity has no business working, but it does. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: An exercise in the contrived and the overcalculated. Read more
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Rex Reed, New York Observer: Fluffy and innocuous as Cool Whip, it is nonetheless uplifting, romantic and delightful, further enhancing the world's enduring love affair with the Big Apple. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: A movie I found myself liking more than perhaps I should. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: While I don't think this is the kind of movie worth running out to see, if you like sentimental pictures, you will probably enjoy what Serendipity has to offer. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Serendipity elevates magic realism into the realm of three-card monte. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Serendipity may be calculated, but the good news is that all that hard work never prevents it from being genuinely charming. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: There are some good moments that challenge the idea of predestined soul mates. Read more
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Might just be the perfect date movie. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: If you can believe Serendipity's cockeyed conceit, you may find that discovering this escapist love story feels like a lucky accident. Read more
Ed Park, Village Voice: The most romantic New York movie since August's Happy Accidents. Read more