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starstarstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Al Brumley - Dallas Morning News
starstar Scott Von Doviak - culturevulture.net
starstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstar Elvis Mitchell - NY Times
starstar W. Keith Work - @N-Zone
star Stephen Hunter - Washington Post

Both deeply moving and cheerfully obliging, Return to Me . . . blossoms into a sublime audience-pleaser that leaves one misty and smiling ear-to-ear

- Rob Blackwelder

[I]t feels so stage-managed, so plotted and surprise-free it doesn't liberate your spirit, it deadens it

- Stephen Hunter

Return to Me

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Widower David Duchovny falls in love with a waitress (Minnie Driver) who received his wife's heart during a transplant operation the year before. Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Bonnie Hunt, David Alan Grier, Joely Richardson, Eddie Jones, James Belushi, Marianne Muellerleile, William Bronder. Director: Bonnie Hunt (2000, PG)

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