Synopsis
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.
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Cast
- Diane LaneSarah Nolan
- John CusackJake
- Elizabeth PerkinsCarol
- Christopher PlummerBill
- Dermot MulroneyBob
- Stockard ChanningDolly
- Ali HillisChristine
- Brad William HenkeLeo
- Julie GonzaloJune
- Glenn HowertonMichael
Recommendations
- 75
Rolling Stone
It's a frisky romantic comedy with a great title and wonderfully appealing performances. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Writer-director Gary David Goldberg's script is full of complex and lively love patter, which Cusack especially rattles off with sometimes breakneck speed. - 75
Charlotte Observer
Reminds me of the golden retriever that lived next door long ago: endearing, consistently sweet-natured, ready for a brisk turn around familiar territory as long as no strenuous intellectual demands are ever made. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A thoroughly conventional romantic comedy with all the usual trimmings. - 70
Variety
To properly appreciate Must Love Dogs, one must first love John Cusack. Thesp's maverick turn steals the show in this otherwise middling romantic comedy, which retools standard meet-cute elements for the Web generation in pleasant but uninspired fashion. - 63
ReelViews
Bland and forgettable - a romantic comedy with affable characters and some funny lines, but where love never really takes flight. It fizzles when it should sizzle. - 60
Dallas Observer
The movie does find fresh ways to tweak the formula, making it more than the sum of its broad strokes. - 50
L.A. Weekly
At once over- and under-written, and peppered with tiresome coincidences and misunderstandings, Goldberg’s mechanical, joke-one, joke-two, joke-three approach to ensemble screenwriting soon betrays his TV-sitcom roots.
