Paper Heart Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie's hide-and-seek attitude toward truth mirrors the intricacies of one lover getting to know another -- an arresting notion of the heart that's much more than paper-deep.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

A quasi-documentary about love that is sweet, true and perhaps a little deceptive.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Doesn't always have a clear path, but that is part of its meandering appeal. It asks if true love exists, then renders it a rhetorical question.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Enjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy, describing it is hard. Luckily, Charlyne Yi is an enchantress.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Betsy SharkeyAdd Critic to Favorites

At best, they entertain in a "people say the darndest things" kind of way. But they do support the notion that people still fall in love and find a way to make it work for a lifetime, which is about as happy an ending as you could wish for.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie’s a platypus: cute as the dickens but what the heck is it?Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Justin LoweAdd Critic to Favorites

A "hybrid documentary" that bemusedly blurs the line between fact and fiction.Read the full review

Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites

Yi's self-regarding, ironic tone makes the whole thing feel like a setup, designed more as an indie-chic calling card than a sincere inquiry.Read the full review

Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites

There may be a fairly sharp line dividing those who find the whole delightfully odd, and those irked by what could be read as a faux childlike simplicity to the enterprise.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The end product feels trite and unfinished, with the romantic plot being awkwardly and unconvincingly shoehorned into a production that lacks focus.Read the full review

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