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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondEntertaining, full of laughs and, as far as chick flicks go, is a sweet, romantic trip worth taking for audiences so inclined.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonPredictable but pleasant comedic fantasy.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreBell, 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.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsCertain 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.
- 30The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThere are dull stabs at verbal wit that leave you baffled, bored or slightly grossed out.
- 25Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleTale is anything but spellbinding.
- 25Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageIt winds up being predictably charmless and forgettable, even as a travelogue or iPod download.
- 25Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyAn inert comedy starring Kristen Bell as a workaholic unlucky in love, When in Rome is a rom-bomb.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt 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.
- 16The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIt’s the kind of wretched embarrassment that may leave viewers trying to suspend the belief that they’re still sitting in the theater watching it.