Empire

Sweet, funny, simple, entertaining -- everything a good rom-com should be. Definitely...

Empire by Sam Toy

Sweet, funny, simple, entertaining -- everything a good rom-com should be. Definitely...

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

Keeps you interested in its characters and isn’t afraid of complicating your sympathies a little. In these dog-day months for romantic comedy, that means a lot.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

A sophisticated story of disappointment and accommodation.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Absolutely, probably more comfortable with human romantic complication than the usual stuff released on Valentine's Day.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Brooks' take on the ups and downs of modern romance and the unexpected turns it takes is smart, funny, and (above all) uncommon. It's not hard to recommend this on Valentine's Day or at any other time.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

A lot fresher and bit more sophisticated than the ordinary run of maudlin chick flicks and crude gross-out sex farces that now pass for romantic comedies.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

All three actresses are appealing, but Fisher, proving her scene-stealing turn in Wedding Crashers was no fluke, shines brightest.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Definitely, Maybe gets too coy in spots, and Brooks is a sharper writer at this point in his career than he is a director. But for a film with a half-dozen fully-formed characters that spans 15 years and works in a swell detail about a 1943 edition of "Jane Eyre" - well, it definitely works. No maybes about it.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

Put simply, the film excels most at not being awful.

Village Voice

A surprisingly rewarding romantic comedy.

Variety by Dennis Harvey

A pleasingly non-formulaic romantic seriocomedy, Definitely, Maybe has charm and some depth.

The Hollywood Reporter

The film is far from a complete washout, and this is chiefly a tribute to its immensely attractive and appealing cast. Ryan Reynolds proves to have the stuff of a true leading. man.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

Abigail Breslin, the preteen Oscar nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine" and the most effortless actress of her generation, plays the precocious little girl part without overdoing the precociousness.

Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones

There’s a surprising – and truthful – melancholic undercurrent to Definitely, Maybe – the one commonality between the three women is the heartbreak they induce – but Brooks undermines that truthfulness with a dogmatic insistence upon romantic mythologizing. No maybes about it: The reality is far darker, and more interesting.