Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to reevaluate what they want out of life, even as fate threatens to steal away their future.
Utterly banal, Joan Chen's tediously sappy romance is a kind of modern-day Love Story (a better film!) with a "twist": Richard Gere's suave lover is old enough to be Winona Ryder's father.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
21 Jul 2007
rotten:
A workmanlike product that offers occasional, small moments of satisfaction, but, as a whole, is apt to leave audiences wondering why they should care.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A diaphanous daydream of cliches, predictable developments, strained romance, and frequently embarrassing dialogue.
– Michael Atkinson,
Mr. Showbiz,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
[Chen] has a lovely sense of film rhythm and a sophisticated eye for luxe effects, but she fell into this vat of goo and there's no climbing out of it.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The movie's biggest fatality is the lack of chemistry between the two stars. Even in their most amorous moments, they seem like a randy uncle and his sad-eyed niece.