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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasRobert Cary's Anything but Love is that rarity, an hommage to the sweeping Technicolor Hollywood love story of the '40s and '50s that works.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickComes perilously close to being a vanity production for the obscure singer Isabel Rose, who stars and wrote the autobiographical screenplay with neophyte director Robert Cary, based on her own struggles as a cabaret singer.
- 60The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayPredictable and corny, but to their credit, Cary and Rose strive to make the situation real.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf this is such a cheesy, derivative movie, why did I watch it twice with such delight? Possibly because at its center it's profoundly authentic, and because the star turn by Andrew McCarthy, a moody, mercurial characterization, saves it from fairy-tale bathos.
- 50PremierePeter DebrugePremierePeter DebrugeThere's a lot to be said for a movie that isn't after instant fame, but only wants to make audiences feel good.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsNot to be cruel, but the aspirations of the movie and its principals are so far beyond their reach" not to mention budget"that it arrives in theaters dependent on the kindness of strangers.
- 30VarietyVarietyA low-budget musical so steeped in nostalgia that accusing it of being too old-fashioned is like accusing "Gone With the Wind" of being too Southern, (Standard Time-as this film was once titled) wears its heart, intentions and limitations on its sleeve.
- 30Film ThreatFilm ThreatDirector and (uncredited) choreographer Robert Cary and his performers are simply not up to the task of recalling the great moments they are trying so hard to evoke.
- 30L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe movie's chief liability, though, is Rose herself, who also co-scripted with first-time director Robert Cary and who registers several notches below Nia Vardalos on the totem of unlikely double-threats.