Entertaining, full of laughs and, as far as chick flicks go, is a sweet, romantic trip worth taking for audiences so inclined.
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VarietyJoe Leydon
VarietyJoe Leydon
Predictable but pleasant comedic fantasy.
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Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Bell, a petite, pretty blonde, may or may not have the Meg Ryan-Julia Roberts-Sandra Bullock goods. When in Rome, a leaden variation on that rom-com recipe, fails utterly to make her case.
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Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Certain scenes in When in Rome signify nothing less than the death of screen slapstick, but I’m hoping it’s one of those fake-out movie deaths where it’s not really dead, not forever.
There are dull stabs at verbal wit that leave you baffled, bored or slightly grossed out.
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Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Tale is anything but spellbinding.
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Boston GlobeJanice Page
Boston GlobeJanice Page
It winds up being predictably charmless and forgettable, even as a travelogue or iPod download.
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Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
An inert comedy starring Kristen Bell as a workaholic unlucky in love, When in Rome is a rom-bomb.
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
It boasts only loose ties to the 1954 romance "Three Coins in the Fountain." And it's best not to even think of "Roman Holiday," the gold standard for hanging, and driving, and doing as Romans do. Rent that instead.