...an agreeable (if decidedly generic) romantic comedy...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 27, 2024

It's funny, thoughtful and sweet.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 7, 2019

Feel-good, genuinely funny, and doesn't try to be anything it's not. A safe and entertaining watch-from-your-couch film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2018

The Rewrite is good fun and gets better as you adjust to its gentle pace and start to appreciate the unshowy quality of Grant's performance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2017

Agreeable and familiar writer's block rom-com.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 10, 2017

The Rewrite tries so hard to be a knowing fish-out-of-water romcom, when it contains neither romance nor comedy. Any sentimentality or sweetness is completely wrung out within the first half an hour.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 11, 2016

Hugh Grant's most enjoyable film in some time.

| Original Score: B | Feb 23, 2016

Simple, unforced and immensely winning.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2015

A full two decades after "Four Weddings and a Funeral," Hugh Grant still does that stammering, understated, witty and dashing thing as well as anyone in the business.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 | Feb 26, 2015

As rewrites go, this one represents a decent improvement.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2015

Hugh Grant ultimately makes the film an endurable experience, but he can't stop it from being a forgettable one.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 20, 2015

Will likely prove one of those hidden cable or Netflix gems you'll be glad you stumbled onto during a random night of channel surfing.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 18, 2015

Another Hugh Grant comedy that follows the dots without much wit ...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 18, 2015

Hugh Grant's latest comedy is as comforting and well-worn as a heavy blanket on a freezing day.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 16, 2015

... has some scattered laughs amid the formulaic cuteness, yet ultimately it's too slight and obvious.

| Feb 13, 2015

A funny and charming portrait of a burnt-out, middle-aged screenplay writer

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 13, 2015

Lighthearted, likable romcom has sexual themes, profanity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2015

Great cast. If you love Hugh Grant films, you will want to see this.

| Original Score: B plus | Feb 13, 2015

The Rewrite wants to be a film about the messiness of life but it only has Hollywood clichés to work with.

| Feb 13, 2015

By no means watch this if you're looking for a nourishing cinematic experience. But if your idea of a cozy rom-com is an old Hugh Grant one, this has some cine-comfort-food-carbs for you.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 13, 2015