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Starts out on an exhilarating high but gradually loses steam, Janice Beard 45 WPM tries hard to overcome its inconsistency with relentless whimsy.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Lively acting and an amiable comic atmosphere offer partial compensation for generally lackluster filmmaking.
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Playful and sentimental, with comic-book characterization and a half-orphaned, filially righteous head case, Janice Beard resembles a British "Amélie."
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New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
As the story of a romantic office lump, Janice Beard resembles last year's "Bridget Jones's Diary." But it is a far, far lesser thing.
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TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained, and ultimately your reaction to its featherweight story of love and serendipity will be determined by how charming you find the dithering, slack-jawed Janice.
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New York Post by Megan Lehmann
Incoherent, laugh-free comedy.
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Slight but charming comedy.
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New Times (L.A.) by Robert Wilonsky
Wacky chaos ensues, as the film veers toward a subplot about industrial espionage, but director Clare Kilner's debut is never as daft as it should have been.
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The New York Times by Stephen Holden
As Janice, Eileen Walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth, infuses the movie with much of its slender, glinting charm.