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No Reservations
2007
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Positive Reviews
32
Negative reviews
16
Average Rating
2.8
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2.5
Sadly, the way director Scott Hicks (Shine, Hearts In Atlantis) lovingly photographs his star doesnt hide the fact that her characters little more tha ..
Av Club
2.5
Aussie director Hicks helmed the 1996 Oscar winning meltdown melodrama Shine and hasnt yet recaptured the dotty brilliance of that film (Geoffrey Rush ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Breslin makes a refreshing change from the standard wide eyed moppet, but she doesnt get much opportunity to live up to the promise of her award nomin ..
Screen Daily
3.5
Lesson to be learnt.There can be no reservations between loved ones and the best recipes in life are the ones that each one makes up for himself/herse ..
ETimes (TOI)
2.5
Here is a love story that ends, and they cooked happily ever after..Its the story of Kate, a master chef who rules her kitchen like a warden, and Nick ..
Rogerebert
2.5
At first, Kate drags Zoe to the fish market in the morning and the restaurant at night.
Ny Daily News
3.1
She is ravishing, but relatively unemotional, throughout this diversion, more cinematic amuse bouche than entree.
Philly
3.0
It is an old and universal story but one that bears many tellings.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
It tries hard to please ones culinary appetite, but ends up only as a paean to mediocrity.
Sover
3.1
Its handsomely shot by Stuart Dryburgh and nicely acted, and if it tastes a bit bland, youll soon forget that, along with just about everything else a ..
Tv Guide
1.9
Hicks directs with polite seriousness, using too many montages and too much bland dialogue.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
It deals with grief but avoids maudlin cloying; its sweet without being saccharine.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Its based on a German film called Mostly Martha and directed by Scott Hicks (Shine, Hearts in Atlantis), who manages to present the entire story witho ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.5
Its an appealing offering filled with a pinch of comedy here, a dash of drama there, cooked at medium romantic heat until it rises into a reasonably e ..
Screen It
2.0
Theres a great story gurgling underneath the wringing sentimentality, and some very nicely played scenes wedged in between the formulaic musical monta ..
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
Adapted from the 2002 German film Mostly Martha, No Reservations is diverting because of all the gleaming food on display.For those of us who cant sta ..
Cs Monitor
3.5
But the effort is more akin to laying a thick, sugary sauce onto what demands a more organic, natural purity.
Film Journal
3.1
No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta Jones as a persnickety New York chef, makes a corned beef hash out of Mostly Martha, the much loved 2001 Germ ..
Boston
3.0
Im less convinced that Mostly Martha is better than No Reservations from any intrinsic superiority than simply from the fact that the story feels fres ..
Mountain X
2.5
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Emanuellevy
2.0
This isnt a terrible movie, but it is a criminal waste of terrific source material.
Daily Mail
2.8
A familiar dish doesnt have to be a bland one, but No Reservations, which has been Americanized from the 2002 German romantic comedy Mostly Martha wit ..
Ew
3.5
But the cast of Mostly Marthalike the extraordinary Abigail Breslin heretranscended the material to bring the predictable story a real spark.
Slate
2.0
Its sufficiently well done to qualify as cute, quite the thing for a girlie outing with grub after, but its utterly phoney baloney.
Empire
3.0
These may be attractive Hollywood actors, but they lack convincing chemistry.
Common Sense Media
3.2
Theyre selling it like a romantic comedy, but its actually pretty serious and somber, full of grieving child moments and sadness.2.
Movies
1.3
In its last half, No Reservations strays from its source and takes some fruitless story directions.It does that frustrating thing that bad movies ofte ..
Sf Gate
2.0
The combined know how of Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay couldnt salvage the unappetising concoction that is No Reservations, a stodgy vehicle for Cath ..
Bbc
2.5
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Washington Post
2.5
Diverting enough while it lasts but afraid to take the chances required to make it more than just a slog through well worn shaggy dog material, the fi ..
The Movie Boy
3.5
The performances are excellent and the comedy well balanced with the unexpectedly affecting drama.
Bullz-Eye
3.5
This faithful adaptation of its source is high praise for a remake.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
But if you really cant stand to read subtitles, then this is your next best bet.
Flickfilosopher
2.5
Whatever cute turn of phrase you want to use, this movie is bland, predictable and tiresome, a thoroughly superfluous romantic comedy with rampant com ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
While not as emotionally resonant as its inspiration and tending a little more toward melodrama, No Reservations is nevertheless a uplifting tale abou ..
ReelViews
2.0
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
3.8
Whatever else it is, No Reservations is a sumptuous celebration of the joy of food.
Seattle Pi
2.0
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
3.1
The end result is the most disappointing Sparks adaptation since 2002s A Walk to Remember, and it seems highly unlikely that even the authors staunche ..
Reel Film
1.9
Needless to say, No Reservations will most likely provide four star bliss to those inclined toward its gooey message of redemptive dependency and mult ..
The Star
3.8
The films humor and drama is sweeter and comes from believable character and story development.
Deseret News
2.5
This is a case of the essence being well and truly lost in translation.
Urban Cine File
3.1
If youve seen any romantic comedies, you can probably already see what unfolds in the rest of the moviethe budding relationships, the requisite compli ..
Christianity Today
2.5
But the mix of stressful surrogate motherhood and romantic comedy is often jarring and never quite blends.
News Blaze
1.3
More than once it creates a mood more appropriate of a supernatural thriller than a romantic drama.
Ross Anthony
3.1
The ingredients of a delicious romantic comedy are left slightly undercooked in this remake of 2001s Mostly Martha.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
No Reservations has no surprises, but it is lighthearted and loving enough to make up for it. Its one of those movies that is entirely predictable, ye ..
Waffle Movies
3.5
The Bottom Line: No Reservations doesnt redefine modern cinema and it probably wont leave any sort of lasting impact on anyone with its weak humor and ..
ComingSoon
1.0
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2.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.1
Put a dash of whimsy, or a soupcon of gourmet rapture, on the wilting summer menu.No Reservations isnt, like Ratatouille, a frenetic epicurean love in ..
Chron
1.0
And those lovely, and distinctively prosperous features are never disturbed by a single droplet of sweat.Eckhart is just as bad.
Film Guardian
3.0
Everyone is now richer and better looking and its a good deal cuter and more sentimental.
Film Guardian
1.9
You dont need to have been a fan of the terrific German film Mostly Martha that inspired this remake, or even to have seen the original, to recognize ..
Mercury News
4.0
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Wsj
3.5
Instead of a dubious rehash of Armageddon or the Alien movies, it looks more like an off world episode of Survivor.Director Danny Boyle, currently wor ..
East Bay Express
3.5
The performances are excellent and the comedy well balanced with the unexpectedly affecting drama.
From The Balcony
3.5
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Review Express
3.5
For all of the zesty food thats cooked, its the organic quality of the performances that evoke just the right amount of tenderness without any afterta ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.0
But No Reservations never cuts loose the way its heroine is supposed to, and the anticipated transports and transformations arrive with all the joy an ..
The Reeler
3.5
There is not one but three montage sequences intended to show us the magic of love.
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