There is nothing new in this teen fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2003

[Dunst's] intelligent, complex performance makes Nicole a charming, frustrating, pathetic, and ballsy protagonist worthy of screen time.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 10, 2001

The arc of their romance ... has nothing in the way of surprises or quirks to lift it out of the ordinary.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2001

It's a pleasant warm-weather diversion for the mall crowd.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 2, 2001

As overproduced as a Super Bowl soft-drink commercial, so much so that even its potentially insightful moments seem like movie fakery.

Full Review | Jul 3, 2001

Dunst, in her finest performance yet, has now transcended her fellow teen stars.

| Original Score: B | Jun 29, 2001

The movie is so predictable, it's not surprising that the script is credited to first-timers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and the direction to John Stockwell, a former acting peer to Tom Cruise.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2001

Sure, the Romeo-and-Juliet thing has been done before, but director John Stockwell pulls it off with his two promising leads.

| Jun 29, 2001

Even when the movie is bad -- which it is in its abrupt, mismanaged, final-act attempt to cram in moments of forgiveness and clarity -- it's addictively so.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2001

Evokes the romantic infatuation of young love with a painful accuracy.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2001

Not just a movie about adolescents, it's an adolescent movie-with all the desperate passion and misty conclusions you might expect.

| Jun 29, 2001

Wonderfully unsentimental and smart.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2001

A nifty piece of teenage romantic piffle, it combines two strong and attractive performances with a shameless 'they live in two different worlds' plot line to amiably entertaining effect.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 29, 2001

A rare teen film that spends less time pandering to wish-fulfilling fantasies than baring honest interpersonal realities.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2001

Standard-issue romantic melodrama pitched specifically to teen-agers.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 29, 2001

A teen romance whose attraction is in the stars.

| Jun 29, 2001

It seems unbelievable -- crazy, even -- to use the word 'integrity' in a review of a teen-oriented movie. But this one has it.

| Jun 29, 2001

An unusually observant film about adolescence.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2001

Painting stock situations in a distinctive hue, this is the exceptional film that transcends its own triteness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2001