Madonna remains the movie’s megawatt performance and drips with the knowing charisma of a star whose time has come.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 21, 2024

A few scenes are very funny, but the picture would have worked much better if Seidelman had thrown away half the dialogue and built some momentum.

| Dec 31, 2019

An attractive, energetic young cast and some witty, off-center visual humor make the resultant laughs more than worth the wait.

| Apr 9, 2019

More central to the popularity of "Susan" is the way it allows the audience to feel hip.

| Jan 2, 2018

"Desperately Seeking Susan" (accurately rated PG-13) is a lark, an exhilarating celebration of people who have the good sense to be in touch with themselves and with each other.

| Dec 6, 2017

All of this is cause for consistent smiling and a few outright laughs, without ever building to complete comedy.

| May 23, 2008

The film acquires a pleasant, syncopated rhythm as it bounces from one unlikely event to another.

| May 23, 2008

Even if the plotting (a mistaken identity farce involving that old chestnut, amnesia brought on by a bump to the head) is square as a square peg. Madonna has never found a better fit than the role of Susan.

| Jan 26, 2006

It has its moments, and many of them involve the different kinds of special appeal that Arquette and Madonna are able to generate.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 31, 2003

A fine slice of '80s nostalgia -- even for people who weren't there first time around.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000