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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Unless you have an affection for scrawny, slobbery face-licking films with no bite or bark, don't even think about it. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: A romantic comedy is only as irresistible as are its temporarily star-crossed lovers. By this barometer, the enjoyably breezy Must Love Dogs boasts quite a pedigree. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Must Love Dogs, though, has some things a lot of today's romantic comedies don't have and need badly: smart dialogue, bright characters and a pair of lovers who don't look as if they belong at a college bash or in a gossip column. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: As fantasies go, you could do a lot worse. Read more
San Francisco Chronicle: The film gets more tepid as it goes along and ultimately just drifts off. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: John Cusack and Diane Lane need to put out personal ads saying, 'Must have screenplay.' Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A somewhat generic romantic comedy blessed with a generous heart, bright dialogue and irresistible stars. Plus, it's not averse to taking risks. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: Must Love Dogs is a film that won't inspire love or hate. It's just sort of there: An inoffensive way to spend an evening. Just remember, you can't get those 107 minutes of your life back. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: While Lane is her typical winning self, the film is mawkish. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: It takes Lane, John Cusack, Dermot Mulroney, Elizabeth Perkins, Stockard Channing and Christopher Plummer and forces them to reenact the entire unabridged Encyclopedia of Treasured Romantic Comedy Cliches and Chestnuts, Revised Second Edition. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: This is a movie of fake conflict, fake heart, even fake doggy love. Read more
Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News: The latest installment in film's ongoing habit of hooking itself up, Iditarod-like, to man's best friend for a little uplift in the adorability department. Read more
John Patterson, 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. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: It manages to rework genre conventions with an exuberant wit and an authentic feel for the fits-and-starts madness of the mating game. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Lately, Hollywood has gotten so obsessed with doing big things badly, it seems to have forgotten how to do small things well. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Did Lane and John Cusack really have to put themselves through this? Here are two first-rate actors in the embarrassing situation of playing blithering misfits in a lame comedy of errors. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Must Love Dogs is an Internet dating comedy so weightless that it makes a trifle like You've Got Mail look like Chekhov. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's OK to be retro with your screen romance, but retro shouldn't feel this inept. Read more
James Berardinelli, 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. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Must Love Dogs is like a puppy with big brown eyes and a wagging tail who weeps with eagerness to lick your hand, but you take a look around the pound and decide to adopt the sad-eyed beagle who looks as if she has seen a thing or two. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: It's ostensibly about adults, but there's nothing remotely adult about it. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Must Love Dogs proves that you can teach an old genre new tricks. Read more
David Gilmour, Globe and Mail: Be warned. When the makers of Must Love Dogs want you to like somebody, they slam your hand in a drawer until you say uncle. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The real reason for taking a chance on this minor summer confection would be to catch up on the life of an unbilled hero: Lloyd Dobler. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Director Gary David Goldberg has said he gave the script to Cusack to add his own touches, resulting in some clever and engaging repartee with Diane Lane, another intelligent and likable actor. Read more
Justin Chang, Variety: Even when it doesn't entirely succeed, Goldberg's literate screenplay has an old-fashioned, almost preternaturally classy vibe. Read more
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: That's it. I'm divorcing Diane Lane. Read more
Jen Chaney, Washington Post: Stands as yet another example of how easy it is for filmmakers to fail at romantic comedy. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Thanks to its splendid lead players, Must Love Dogs has the affable, cuddly charm that its title so hopefully invokes. Read more