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When in Rome

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When in Rome reviews
25
6.5 User Score:

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Based on 24 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama  |  Romance

Written by: David Diamond
David Weissman

Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 29, 2010

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for some suggestive content

Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Bobby Moynihan, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Danny DeVito, and Anjelica Huston

An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a "foolish" fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter and a self-admiring model. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing? (Touchstone Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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63

ReelViews James Berardinelli

It is neither deep nor intelligent, but it's not intended to be either. The saving grace of the otherwise generic product is that Bell's vivacity and Duhamel's rakish charm allow the viewer to root for them.

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60

Boxoffice Magazine Pete Hammond

Entertaining, full of laughs and, as far as chick flicks go, is a sweet, romantic trip worth taking for audiences so inclined.

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50

Variety Joe Leydon

Predictable but pleasant comedic fantasy.

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50

USA Today Claudia Puig

A little bit of charm is precisely what this movie has to offer. A small dose is better than none, but you can't help wishing there was more to go around.

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50

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

When in Rome may fall flat in places, but at least it hasn't had all the personality manicured out of it.

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50

Village Voice Melissa Anderson

Bell, unlike Katherine Heigl and Sandra Bullock, who executive-produced their big-screen debasements of 2009, brings enough effervescence to the film that she's able to spark believable chemistry with a usual dud like Josh Duhamel.

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40

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

Regardless of where its stars want to take it, all roads here lead to blandness and inanity.

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38

Orlando Sentinel Roger Moore

Bell, a petite, pretty blonde, may or may not have the Meg Ryan-Julia Roberts-Sandra Bullock goods. When in Rome, a leaden variation on that rom-com recipe, fails utterly to make her case.

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38

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Certain scenes in When in Rome signify nothing less than the death of screen slapstick, but I’m hoping it’s one of those fake-out movie deaths where it’s not really dead, not forever.

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33

Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz

Sounds mildly fun, be forwarned: When in Rome doesn't even offer that.

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30

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

Josh Duhamel plays the smitten sports reporter who helps her mount her big art show, "Pain"--a fitting title, given the agony induced by this godawful comedy.

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30

The New York Times A.O. Scott

There are dull stabs at verbal wit that leave you baffled, bored or slightly grossed out.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber

The latest demonstration of the impossibility of making a good movie from a bad script is provided by When in Rome, a romantic comedy approved by the previous regime at Disney.

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30

Time Richard Corliss

A picture that registers between Abysmally Awful and Mildly Mediocre. Such a one would be When in Rome, which is possible to sit through without wanting to stick darts in your eyes or frag the screen. Call it medi-awful.

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25

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

Tale is anything but spellbinding.

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25

Boston Globe Janice Page

It winds up being predictably charmless and forgettable, even as a travelogue or iPod download.

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25

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

An inert comedy starring Kristen Bell as a workaholic unlucky in love, When in Rome is a rom-bomb.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli

It boasts only loose ties to the 1954 romance "Three Coins in the Fountain." And it's best not to even think of "Roman Holiday," the gold standard for hanging, and driving, and doing as Romans do. Rent that instead.

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25

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

In the case of When in Rome, oh to do what the Romans used to do: Toss the bloody thing to the lions.

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25

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

The problem is not the credulity-stretching script. Or even that much of the movie just isn't all that funny. The problem is that it thinks it's freakin' hilarious.

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20

Time Out New York Joshua Rothkopf

Keep your coin far away from this toxic fountain of crap.

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16

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

It’s the kind of wretched embarrassment that may leave viewers trying to suspend the belief that they’re still sitting in the theater watching it.

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0

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Even by the extremely low standards of the genre, When in Rome gets failing marks for chemistry, credibility and even coherence.

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0

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

How do movies this bad still get made?

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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