Synopsis
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
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Cast
- Keanu ReevesNelson Moss
- Charlize TheronSara Deever
- Jason IsaacsChaz Watley
- Greg GermannVince Holland
- Lauren GrahamAngelica
- Michael RosenbaumBrandon / Brandy
- Frank LangellaEdgar Price
- Robert JoyRaeford Dunne
- Liam AikenAbner
- Jason KravitsManny
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Neither a masterpiece nor a remake of one, but its wistfulness is infectious, and its melancholy mood lingers for days. - 63
Boston Globe
It's a small film, and a far from perfect one, but it allows her (Theron) to extend her range as no previous role has done. - 50
Village Voice
If the movie works on its own insipid level, it's because of high-gear star power -- 50 times the captivator Dennis ever was, Theron is terrific at creating adorable intimacy with little help from the script or director and exudes more guileless élan than any of the film's many puppies. - 50
Slate
He's (Reeves) not as good as he was playing a menacing Georgia wife-beater in The Gift, but he's an awfully convincing jerk. - 40
Salon
Does neither of its leads any favors. But they fill their roles admirably, and then some. Time and again, in a movie that repeatedly threatens mawkishness, you can sense them gently steering away just in the nick of time. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
If Sweet November were a puppy, it would have rabies. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
Passes off pathological behavior as romantic bliss. It's about two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love. - 20
The New York Times
The film's last half-hour -- or do I mean its final two weeks? -- is meant to keep the audience sniffling and sobbing uncontrollably, but the only thing likely to elicit tears is the sight of Mr. Reeves dressed in a white dinner jacket crooning "Time After Time."
