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While this slow-starting update of "Private Lives" has plenty of laughs, the incredibly expressive (and too-seldom seen) Stevenson turns Julia's romantic dilemma into something genuinely moving. She makes A Previous Engagement something special.Full Review

Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Stevenson casts her usual magic in this frankly adult, determinedly lighthearted comedy of romantic errors.Full Review

Variety

Stevenson casts her usual magic in this frankly adult, determinedly lighthearted comedy of romantic errors.Full Review

John Anderson
Variety

I'm not big on those Pauline Kael-style encomiums to great actors in mediocre material, but that's exactly what we've got here. Stevenson is so incandescent -- so funny, so vulnerable, so awkwardly sexy.Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

Even Stevenson, a singularly accomplished and versatile actress, can't do much with Julia's early scenes, in which she's forced to dither around like a complete idiot.Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
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