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How Do You Know (12A)


The critical consensus

Not Brooks' best, but it has its moments. And if Rudd and Wilson at times struggle, Witherspoon is a joy.

**(*)(*)(*)Simon Braund, Empire Online, 25/01/2011

A rom-com with too much rom (winsome) and far too little com.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Nigel Andrews, Finanical Times, 26/01/2011

Can it be a good sign that the most compelling drama here is that of trying to decide whether it’s Lisa or Matty who has the nicest hair?

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Sukhdev Sandhu, The Telegraph, 27/01/2011

How do you know when you're not enjoying a romantic comedy?

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 28/01/2011

We are left with a fatuous and depressing parade of nothingness, and a rather dodgy wisecrack about Egypt and the Middle East which will do its box office prospects there no good at all.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 27/01/2011

Aside from a few chuckles (mostly supplied by Wilson) Brooks’s film fails to engage and poses two more pertinent questions: when will he recapture the form of As Good As It Gets? And why no question mark in the film’s title?

**(*)(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The Herald, 27/01/2011

More creative energy has gone into furnishing these characters' apartments than devising credible emotional situations to put them in; the result is wholly undemanding, and best saved for a long-haul flight.

**(*)(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Scotsman, 29/01/2011

How do you know you’ve got a dud? When a cast this talented and determined can’t lift a soporific screenplay to entertaining heights.

**(*)(*)(*)Jane Crowther, Total Film, 28/01/2011

As far as humour goes, thin smiles and silent chuckles are all it raises.

Philip French, The Observer, 30/01/2011

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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