Long-winded, jokingly self-deprecating, and clichéd.
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Charming self-made vehicle.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
A diverting dramatic comedy.
Fantasy sequences, including animation, keep the melancholy tone from overwhelming the proceedings.
Overlong and heavy-handed.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
It's ultimately hard to care deeply about a silly, sheltered girl-woman who's taking an inordinately long time to learn that money can't buy happiness.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
The contrast of the naive assurance of youth with the confusion and ambiguity of adulthood is sweet but simplistic and the wandering script hasn't much else to offer.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The kind of exercise in semi-autobiographical reflection that is almost impossible to carry off without its seeming self-absorbed.