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Your Place or Mine

Your Place or Mine

2023

Aline Brosh McKenna

Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Steve Zahn ...

4.6

1,878

Romance. Comedy Two long-distance best friends change each other's lives when she (Reese Witherspoon) decides to pursue a lifelong dream and he (Ashton Kutcher) volunteers to keep an eye on her teenage son.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It's a singularly chintzy rom-com (...) In fact, it's two bad movies in one"
		Marya E. Gates The Playlist	"Both breezy and deeply emotional, Brosh McKenna's directorial debut could be a leader in the rom-com renaissance the movies have so desperately needed"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A bland, if inoffensive, pile of fluff (...) 'Your Place or Mine' is as half-hearted as they come (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"Frankly, 'Your Place or Mine' feels a little TV-ish (...) What saves the picture is McKenna’s knack for finding something real and relatable within quirky comic characters"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"To call 'Your Place or Mine' a cinematic confection is spot on. It's kind of like a well made cake. A great slice of cake could make someone's day just a tad bit brighter just by being there"
		K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"[This] romcom shouldn't work given the two leads' lack of sparks, yet it has a strange charm"
		Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"Witherspoon and Kutcher achieve gender equality for the romcom -not an insignificant task- but it hardly matters when the film is so listless (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Brosh McKenna knows her tropes, and when she finally, finally brings rom-com vets Witherspoon and Kutcher together IRL, we’re reminded why these things work so well"
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher can't connect in this shiny but sluggish bauble"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"[It] has a rushed ending that doesn’t do the film any favors. However, the lead performances are charming"
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"An old-school charmer (...) This band of characters has begun to feel like a family. And, as with the best romantic comedies, you start to miss the unrealistic version of reality they populated"
		Manuel Betancourt AV Club	"It makes for an amiable enough sojourn so long as you remember it’s but a temporary escape of your life not to be taken all that seriously"
		John Nugent Empire	"An instantly forgettable, paint-by-numbers romcom, despite the obvious charm of Witherspoon and Kutcher — worthy of watching neither at your place nor mine (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher show terrific chemistry in a rom-com that’s predictable every step of the way, and that’s just fine (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Tania Hussain Collider	"Conflated with pacing issues and a tepid kind of humor that generates mild laughs and scoffs, the movie is formulaic and is sadly missing the emotional depth to make it a memorable watch"
		Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"[It] seems content with being pleasant, and maybe that’s sufficient for a lazy Saturday Netflix watch (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"This is not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it is just romantic enough that you will be grinning as you watch it"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"You can fake almost everything on camera except palpable chemistry (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher goes nowhere (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Although not on the same level as the classic '80s and '90s rom-coms, it's as good a substitute as one is likely to find at a time when the genre has become a bedraggled shadow of its former self (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Anna Menta Decider	"So, can you make an effective romantic comedy without having the leads interact? Not like this, sadly. 'Give Your Place or Mine' a near miss, and watch 'Sleepless in Seattle' again, instead"
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"It hits all the emotional beats well enough, is competently made & despite a long runtime, remains engaging (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Lex Briscuso SlashFilm	"It's not one to totally avoid, but hopefully, the next time a giant studio takes a chance on a star-driven romantic comedy (...) it will at least involve two people who have some palpable chemistry"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The whole enterprise feels very self-consciously off-trend –an early noughties prologue (...) A comfort zone the film is tremblingly reluctant to leave behind (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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