Schepisi is a fluid yet right-on-the-button director, starting with the first scene.

| Sep 13, 2023

Steve Martin had already established himself as one of the great humorists of our time but with Roxanne he revealed a genuine romantic who channeled the magic of Cyrano into one of the great romantic comedies of the 1980s.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 19, 2022

Using that happy/sad tension, Martin voices the impolite, uncool hunger that is fashionably stifled and dismissed.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2022

Sadly, most of the humor falls completely flat.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 7, 2020

It manages to entertain. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 22, 2020

Martin is very funny in the role, and most ingenious about finding modern equivalents for the various bits of business in the original play. Yet the nagging question remains: Why?

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 15, 2019

Light and likable, with hearts unabashedly all over its sleeves, Roxanne is a winning romantic comedy whose appeal should cross age barriers and backgrounds -- giving it an across-the-board promise.

| Jun 20, 2017

Witty, sweet, utterly delightful.

| Dec 5, 2016

Roxanne has a way of making you feel good even though you know it may be the corniest movie you've seen. Filled with romance, from its plot to the scenery, Roxanne makes no apologies for its sweet fervor.

| Nov 8, 2016

Charming '80s romantic comedy has innuendo, swearing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2013

...an entertaining yet undeniably forgettable romcom that benefits substantially from the stars' charismatic work.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 14, 2009

for all the things this movie is, it's probably Martin's fault.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 24, 2009

It's difficult to call a movie this light and insubstantial a classic, but it's as likeable as ever more than two decades after its initial release.

Full Review | Original Score: 84/100 | May 7, 2009

another in a long line of Cyrano De Bergerac adaptations but easily one of the very best

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2009

I'd call it reasonably successful, but I can't get excited about it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2009

It's a neat trick, being Steve Martin. He's so good; his movies will get even better.

| Feb 2, 2009

In an era when romance seems to have taken second place to sex, it's heartwarming to see a film like Roxanne bring back the loveliness of love.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 2, 2009

In the end it's hopelessly sappy stuff.

| Feb 2, 2009

The film's success rests firmly with Martin. He wrote the warm-hearted script and delivers a sparkling performance of physical and verbal gymnastics that he hasn't been able to match since.

| Feb 2, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2008