Rumor Has It Critic Reviews

This is not a great movie, but it's very watchable and has some good laughs. The casting of Aniston is crucial, because she's the heroine of this story, and the way it's put together there's danger of her becoming the shuttlecock. Aniston has the presence to pull it off.Read the full review

Aniston gets marooned here: Her comic instincts are muted by all the identity angst, yet there isn't sufficient dramatic material into which she can sink her teeth. Costner strolls through this role with disarming ease.Read the full review

As muddled in most respects as its title, Rumor Has It... begins with an intriguing premise...but it devolves into a bland romance spiced with too little comedy.Read the full review

The story, though initially intriguing, is dicey. A seminal social satire has been spun off into a passionless romance and a wan comedy.Read the full review

The movie has that fatal triptych that is becoming Reiner's romantic-comedy signature: drippy sentiment, zany scenes that trivialize the characters and a horror of adventure.Read the full review

Like the film itself, Ruffalo and Aniston exacerbate a bad, unfeasible idea with clumsy execution, exerting a whole lot of energy and effort for very little payoff.Read the full review

An unfocused mess, with poor chemistry all around and an ending that's as firm and satisfying as an overcooked noodle.Read the full review

The resulting film is a muddled, melodramatic, sort-of remake of "The Graduate."Read the full review

A mess -- all high concept, stranded performances, and no laughs.Read the full review