Rye Lane is about a day that gets continuously better, if not funnier and more loving... What makes the film relatable is how achingly human it all is.

| Apr 4, 2023

The able cast can’t quite transcend the script’s clichés.

| Apr 3, 2023

Rye Lane asks you to fall in love with Dom and Yas, but failing that, it will have you hopelessly smitten with its South London setting and with that feeling of having the day open and nothing to do but wander and see what may happen.

| Apr 1, 2023

This is a rom-com with heart, wit and style. But it also shows a clear-eyed understanding that one dreamy day — no matter how epic — is really just a good start.

| Apr 1, 2023

The vibe is so infectious, the colors so happily overripe, and the soundtrack so blissful that it’s hard not to fall for the damn thing.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 1, 2023

Rye Lane is a winsome delight, alive with color, verve, humor, and heart. If you love rom-coms, it's essential viewing. And if you don't, well, this gem might just change your mind.

| Apr 1, 2023

A cute and quirky British rom-com for those who love (500) Days Of Summer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 31, 2023

... A vibrant, colorful and hugely charming romantic comedy that is not your typical boy-meets-girl, girl-meets-boy, and together they try to steal back a copy of A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory" from one of their exes type of love story.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 31, 2023

Every detail of the film is full of specificity, even as the dreams and insecurities of its two leads are ubiquitous genre staples.

| Mar 30, 2023

Raine Allen-Miller combines the structural simplicity of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy with the emotional exuberance of Richard Curtis’s ensemble efforts, yielding a love story that’s thoughtfully made and thoroughly charming.

| Mar 30, 2023

[A] sweet, down-to-earth, funny and thoughtful rom-com.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 30, 2023

A playful rom-com for the modern age.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 30, 2023

Rye Lane celebrates Black romantic adventure, simply by finding new avenues to explore.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 30, 2023

'Rye Lane' is a slight film that embraces casual quirk more than full-on, gut-busting comedy. But it’s a promising start to Raine Allen-Miller’s feature filmmaking career.

| Original Score: B | Mar 30, 2023

The material strikes a balance between specificity and broad humor that fosters confidence and playfulness that's impossible to resist.

| Mar 30, 2023

“Rye Lane” keeps winning you over by being a satiric-yet-sincere love letter to creative expression as much as to love itself.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 30, 2023

Rye Lane’s characters, setting and ebullient energy is a breath of fresh air, and while the back-and-forth between these two reveals much about today’s relationships, none of it gets overstated, being more intent on keeping it breezy and brief.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 29, 2023

Will leave you with a smile on your face, a spring in your step and (hopefully) a renewed confidence in next-wave British film-making.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2023

It’s a frothy metropolitan comedy with some heyday Richard Curtis energy and a deep affection for its well-crafted and smartly performed characters...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2023

The romcom has lapsed into such an anaemic state that Rye Lane feels like a miracle. Here’s an entry into the genre that doesn’t surrender to thinkpiece-ready neuroticism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2023