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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Filmed in the colors of newborn Technicolor, plotted as a tribute to the conventions of Hollywood romance, filled with standard songs, it's by and for people who love those kinds of movies. Others will find it cliched and predictable, but they won't understand. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Robert Cary's Anything but Love is that rarity, an hommage to the sweeping Technicolor Hollywood love story of the '40s and '50s that works. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    An appealing, low-budget musical. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The frustration of this good-hearted, off-key warble of an indie, written by Rose with Robert Cary, who directed, is that the filmmaking pales when compared with the classic elements of 1950s and early '60s romantic musicals to which it pays homage. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Like many of us who cherish the safe harbor of old movies, Rose and Cary mourn the fact that they don't make 'em like they used to. If they'd paused to ponder why not, they might have a better movie. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    This stylized romantic comedy offers limited, largely synthetic rewards. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dave Kehr

    A pleasant, good-natured picture that struggles, gallantly if vainly, to recapture the style and sensibility of a studio musical on the severely limited budget of an independent film. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Earns an A for effort but a much lower grade in the entertainment department. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    Not 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. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety |

    A 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. Read full review

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