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This is billed as a romantic comedy, but it's much more boring than funny.
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San Francisco Examiner by Barbara Shulgasser
Now and then the script reaches admirable heights of humor.
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ReelViews by James Berardinelli
And, while it's not bad enough for me to suggest that it should have been left where it came from, this certainly isn't a shining example of Australian cinema.
50
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Some of it looks like a TV commercial, and the characters' motivations could have been generated by a computer, but the cast--Ray Barrett, Julia Blake, Simon Bossell, Saffron Burrows, Pippa Grandison, and Aden Young--is attractive and energetic.
40
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
The young stars are attractive and capable, but Hotel de Love is as synthetic as an old "Love Boat" episode.
60
It's glossy, dumb fun that is diverting enough but forgotten 20 minutes after it's over.
63
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.
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San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein
Unfortunately, Hotel de Love also has all the originality of an all-purpose valentine. First- time filmmaker Craig Rosenberg appears to have seen every relationship movie ever made. To his credit, he borrowed only from the best.
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The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Hotel de Love, the directing and screenwriting debut of Craig Rosenberg, is like a Valentine's Day box of heart-shaped chocolates that all have the same too-sweet cherry fillings.