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Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardNo other mainstream movie has so openly tackled the subject of female sexual experience.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI did not really enjoy this movie, and yet I recommend it. Why? Because I think it's on to something interesting. Here is a movie about a woman who never stops thinking. That may not be as good for you as it is for her.
- 75New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanDespite many flaws...Romance is unquestionably an important film.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is a footnote as well, a minor reference back to the days when people yearned for a cinema that was serious and erotic at the same time.
- 50Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrLots of sex, but little joy.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversA cheerless exercise.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisAn au natural (read: graphic) tryst-a-thon whose fashion sense is outweighed only by its bulky sexual intellectualism.
- 30Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerThe fact that Romance was written and directed by a woman doesn't make the film any better; it simply makes it objectionable on other grounds.
- 20Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlExists in some kind of limbo, between hard-core porn and European art film, and it's not likely to satisfy fans of either.
- 0TNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonTNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonThe film so strongly fixates on strange, explicit sexual acts that it forgoes any emotional (i.e. romantic) aspects of sex.