Variety
It’s a rare pleasure to see Tomei in a lead role, and she fills out the short cuts in Lawrence’s characterization with wry warmth and a hint of swallowed disappointment.
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The Rewrite
Hugh Grant is a former Golden Globe-winning screenwriter, now an embittered writing teacher, and Marisa Tomei a single mum working towards her degree, in this romantic comedy from Marc Lawrence. This is the fourth collaboration between Lawrence and Grant, after Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics and Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Keith (Grant) had it all - awards, a hit movie, a wife and an inexhaustible supply of wit and charm. But 15 years later, he's alone and broke. Luckily, his agent has a job for him: teaching screenwriting at a university in the sleepy town of Binghamton. Hoping to give minimal attention to his duties and focus on his own writing, his attitude begins to turn when he meets Holly (Tomei). The pair finds themselves connected by their mutual need for a second chance.
2014Rating: M, Offensive language107 minsUSA
ComedyRomance
- Director:
- Marc Lawrence ('Two Weeks Notice', 'Music and Lyrics', 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?')
- Writer:
- Marc Lawrence
- Cast:
- Hugh GrantMarisa TomeiAllison JanneyJ.K. SimmonsBella HeathcoteAnnie Q.Chris ElliottAja Naomi KingCaroline AaronMaggie GehaNicole PatrickJason Antoon
The Rewrite / Reviews
The Dissolve
Grant specializes in bastards, but he makes them so charming that viewers can nearly forget, and even forgive, their consistently bad manners.
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Empire Magazine
It has enough smarts, laughs and feel for its likeable characters to make it worth your while.
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