Definitely, Maybe

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  • Opened February 14, 2008 
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • PG-13 | sexual content, including some frank dialogue, language and smoking

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), a thirtysomething Manhattanite, is in the middle of divorce proceedings when his young daughter (Abigail Breslin) asks him about his life before marriage, including how he met and fell in love with her mother. Will flashes back to 1992 and recounts his romances with three women, changing their names so that his daughter must guess which one became his wife. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks
  • Director: Adam Brooks
  • Genres: Comedy, Romance

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Definitely, Maybe gets too coy in spots, and Brooks is a sharper writer at this point in his career than he is a director. But for a film with a half-dozen fully-formed characters that spans 15 years and works in a swell detail about a 1943 edition of "Jane Eyre" - well, it definitely works. No maybes about it. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

Keeps you interested in its characters and isn’t afraid of complicating your sympathies a little. In these dog-day months for romantic comedy, that means a lot. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

A sophisticated story of disappointment and accommodation. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Absolutely, probably more comfortable with human romantic complication than the usual stuff released on Valentine's Day. Read full review

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Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher in "Definitely, Maybe."