[A]lthough it looks good on the outside and is somewhat palatable, the ingredients never quite reach a boiling point and the end result is undercooked, lacking spice and rather bland.

| Nov 13, 2019

An underrated romantic comedy.

| Original Score: B | May 9, 2019

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 14, 2012

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Chalk it up as an alternative to watching a kitchen full of singing rats.

| Apr 28, 2011

Not bad, not amazing. Just a classy romantic comedy that, like a good meal, is enjoyable enough to partake of, but the taste of which will fade soon thereafter.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 25, 2008

Catherine Zeta-Jones controls the kitchen, but can't control my attention.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 3, 2008

Like the well-known joke about Chinese fare %u2014 No Reservations satisfies while you're sitting down at the table, but an hour later you're hungry again.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 28, 2008

There's nothing in this story that you haven't seen before, and you'll know everything that's going to happen long before it does, yet it's all done with such charm and style that you won't care.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2008

...there's not much sparkle in the movie and even less spark to the love story.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 9, 2008

Bland-but-sweet dramedy more for adult palates.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2007

This many delicious ingredients should have produced a tastier, more memorable result.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 22, 2007

A product of the sort of steely, soulless competence that marks so very many films as the work of professionals who view this as a job, not an art form.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 12, 2007

Everyone is now richer and better looking and it's a good deal cuter and more sentimental.

| Sep 8, 2007

Zeta-Jones, Eckhart and Breslin play second fiddle to Ratatouille in what amounts to romantic drama fast food.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 7, 2007

Alas, this is one of those Hollywood copies that is perfectly decent in its acting and direction but hopelessly deficient in originality and any real flair.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2007

While Zeta-Jones and Eckhart make an appealing couple, their chemistry never really develops due to the script's complete lack of sauce.

| Aug 31, 2007

Rarely likeable on screen, Zeta Jones has a hard time making us empathise with her Ramsay-style ballbreaker.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2007

Hie me to the vomitorium, it's a fantastically smug and boring movie about food and romance, pumped with artificial sweeteners.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 31, 2007