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starstarstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Dan Via - Washington Post
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Tom Long - Detroit News
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
star Dennis Lim - Village Voice

[B]y the time that trick reaches its disarmingly quiet climax of a kiss, you realize you're seeing the single most romantic moment in any movie this year

- Owen Gleiberman

[A] ragged, witless patchwork of subsitcom scenarios; the godawful acting compounds the torture

- Dennis Lim

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A night in the lives of an aspiring Broadway songwriter and a hunky go-go dancer who trek around New York City trying to find a place to be alone. Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Stephen Hayes, Clinton Leupp, Lorri Bagley, Kevin Chamberlin, Missi Pyle, Brad Beyer, Helen Hanft, Michele Brilliant. Director: Jim Fall (1999, R)

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