Synopsis
Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding secrets.
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Cast
- Eileen WalshJanice Beard
- Rhys IfansSean
- Patsy KensitJulia
- Sandra VoeMimi
- David O'HaraO'Brien
- Frances GreyViolet
- Zita SattarJane
- Amelia CurtisJune
- Mossie SmithDolores
- Sarah McVicarTracy
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Variety
Starts out on an exhilarating high but gradually loses steam, Janice Beard 45 WPM tries hard to overcome its inconsistency with relentless whimsy. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Slight but charming comedy. - 60
New Times (L.A.)
Wacky chaos ensues, as the film veers toward a subplot about industrial espionage, but director Clare Kilner's debut is never as daft as it should have been. - 60
The New York Times
As Janice, Eileen Walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth, infuses the movie with much of its slender, glinting charm. - 50
Village Voice
Playful and sentimental, with comic-book characterization and a half-orphaned, filially righteous head case, Janice Beard resembles a British "Amélie." - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Lively acting and an amiable comic atmosphere offer partial compensation for generally lackluster filmmaking. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained, and ultimately your reaction to its featherweight story of love and serendipity will be determined by how charming you find the dithering, slack-jawed Janice. - 38
New York Daily News
As the story of a romantic office lump, Janice Beard resembles last year's "Bridget Jones's Diary." But it is a far, far lesser thing.