The actors make this fun if you can overlook the ludicrous view of Jeremy Leven's screenplay concerning how novels are written and what publishers generally pay for them.

| Feb 8, 2012

Uninspired -- neither romantic nor comic.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 9, 2010

A miserable failure on every count.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Alex & Emma is the kind of Hollywood formula romance that announces where it's going in its first moments.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 29, 2003

It has no tempo, energy or pulse.

| Jun 26, 2003

This isn't one for the time capsule -- just bury it.

| Jun 24, 2003

Another misfire from the once-reliable Reiner, Alex and Emma is occasionally amusing but never makes you care.

| Original Score: D+ | Jun 24, 2003

It's paint by numbers.

Full Review | Jun 23, 2003

Alex & Emma is so off the mark that it lands in an alternate plane of awfulness.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Jun 22, 2003

Dull and listless from the start, partly because the leads fail to connect and partly because both the script and the direction let them down.

| Jun 21, 2003

A desperately slight romantic comedy marked by contrived romance and little comedy.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2003

Meant to be a funny, feel-good love story. Instead, it feels wan and uninspired, despite its likable cast.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2003

A movie within a movie that proves two halves don't always make a whole.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 20, 2003

Unlike When Harry Met Sally, director Reiner's greatest romantic-comedy achievement, Alex & Emma never reaches the point where you root for the couple to get together.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 20, 2003

Alex & Emma is lighter than helium, but it's just sturdy enough to be pleasing.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2003

[The film] fails despite Kate Hudson's tinkling laugh and Luke Wilson's likably laconic presence.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2003

Imitating that life, Alex & Emma is more artifice than art. But chemistry is the key to a romantic comedy, and this one has enough to unlock guarded hearts.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 20, 2003

It's a little like Adaptation, but with the contemporary fashion for romantic comedies with a deadline.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2003

Insomniacs in search of a solid two-hour nap should greet the arrival of Alex & Emma with some enthusiasm. All others will want to diligently avoid this film.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Jun 20, 2003

Alex & Emma has trouble overcoming the badness of the novel at the center of its story. It doesn't help that the movie declares it a literary success.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2003