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

  • 88
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    Not only is Bossa Nova a lovely romance, but one can say, as one can about few films, that it is restorative as a vacation. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Imagine a '30s screwball comedy played to a sensuous Brazilian beat and you're ready for Bossa Nova, a delightfully amusing romantic roundelay. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The air smells sweet and there's a thrumming beat in Bossa Nova. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    One of the most warmly beguiling romantic comedies the Southern Hemisphere has sent our way in ages. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    There must be a name for a picture so inconsequential, in which the music provides so much of the chemistry that you get the feeling Bossa Nova would be funereal without it. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Stack

    Does have a certain classy charm because of its upscale setting. One could wait for the video. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Tilts toward the slight and merely pleasant when it could have had much more emotional impact. Read full review

  • 40
    L.A. Weekly | Ella Taylor

    This suffocatingly pleasant cross between "Sliding Doors" and "Six Degrees of Separation" is barely rescued by one beautiful scene. Read full review

  • 40
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    It's a feast of inconsequentiality, though, a love affair-lite that looks great but is ultimately less filling than a sunny summer Sunday's creampuff dream. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Unromantic, nonsexual and hellaciously dull. Read full review

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