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Dominican Rep. Simply Irresistible
1,118
Romance. Comedy
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Amanda Shelton, the chef at Southern Cross, a trendy Tribeca restaurant she inherited from her legendary mother. Not the most inspired of culinary artists, Amanda is running the establishment into the ground, until a cab-driving, Cupid-like guardian angel (playwright Christopher Durang) intervenes with a magical crab that puts Amanda in the path of slick spin master Tom Bartlett (Sean Patrick Flanery). Tom ... [+]
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"Old-fashioned and obvious, yes, like a featherweight comedy from the 1950s. But that's the charm." | POS |
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"Falls prey to the all-too-contemporary problem of complicating the tale until the ending is not only obvious, but prayed for between yawns" | NEU |
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United States |
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"It's a movie, a goofy little movie. Not so bad, but as far as food and sensuality go, 'Like Water for Chocolate' still has the edge." | NEU |
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United States |
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"Though glossy and smoothly directed, this limp concoction has all the sparkle of flat champagne." | NEG |
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United States |
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"The result is sometimes enchanting, but, more often than not, it's frustrating, because the disparate elements of the plot never quite gel." | NEU |
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United States |
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"This culinary fantasy is mildly inspired." | NEU |
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United States |
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"A bland confection that remains doggedly earthbound while attempting flights of romantic fantasy." | NEG |
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