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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Flavor? Amusingly piquant with traces of honey. Aftertaste? Thin. Read more
Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News: It won't please the cynics, but it'll make the romantics among us smile. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: This would-be spicy film has been made blandly palatable. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Short and sweet, it's suitable for a date night that includes both a movie and dinner. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Woman on Top can't overcome a story that's little more than a lumpy, uninspired contrivance. Read more
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: If it were a song, it would be a happy pop number -- The Girl From Ipanema -- with a tune you can't ignore. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A souffle that collapses before it reaches the half-baked stage. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Cruz is bewitching all through the movie, but her beauty and charm have to pull a heavy train of cliches and inevitable developments. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Instead of hot, you get barely lukewarm -- a tepid and oily 'Calgon, take me away!' bath that seems to be aimed at women who don't get out very much. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Cruz has everything it takes to be a big star, except maybe, in this case, the right movie. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Too flimsily built and baldly unfunny. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Are you happy to spend the entire movie worshiping [Cruz's] beauty and celebrating her character's self-actualization, or do you want a little more on your plate? Read more