The problem, as with most romantic comedies, is that there are no shocks in the story.
60
Empire
Empire
Offers plenty of easy nostalgia and Duris charm.
60
Time Out LondonCath Clarke
Time Out LondonCath Clarke
It's très chic and charming but a bit disappointing when you see where it's headed.
60
Total FilmTom Dawson
Total FilmTom Dawson
No prizes for guessing who ends up with whom, but the colourful retro designs and the leads’ sparkling chemistry help to Tipp-Ex over some of the predictability.
60
Time OutKeith Uhlich
Time OutKeith Uhlich
If anything distinguishes director Régis Roinsard’s take on well-trod material, it’s his Technicolor-bright widescreen palette (recalling many a late-’50s pillow-talk romance without a hint of snooty irony) and energetically game cast.
50
Slant MagazineNick McCarthy
Slant MagazineNick McCarthy
Candy-colored to a potentially cavity-causing degree, the film is a bubbly regurgitation of retrograde romantic comedy tropes and reactionary sexual politics.
For all the earnestness with which the filmmakers replicate the muted colors and attitudes of the post-war era, they ultimately fail to say anything truly interesting about either the past or the present, resulting in a work that feels as superficial as it does slick.