Rating: 
Summary: Very Romantic
Review: I watched this video last night while my husband was out and it made me miss him so much. The story just made me feel all mushy and romantic as I watched Lucy go from guy to guy, wondering who she would pick in the end. Most of her suitors were incredibly sweet and good to her. One guy turned out to be a real abusive jerk in the end. I really had no idea who she would choose until close to the end, when it became pretty obvious who the "winner" would be. I wasn't dissapointed because he was really cute and nice to her, although she did have good chemistry with some of the others too. The funniest scenes were with her parents. Oh, and I have to mention how uncanny the resemblance is between Monica Potter and Julia Roberts. It is just too weird. If you are a romantic you will definitely enjoy this movie.
Rating:
Summary: Very Romantic
Review: I watched this video last night while my husband was out and it made me miss him so much. The story just made me feel all mushy and romantic as I watched Lucy go from guy to guy, wondering who she would pick in the end. Most of her suitors were incredibly sweet and good to her. One guy turned out to be a real abusive jerk in the end. I really had no idea who she would choose until close to the end, when it became pretty obvious who the "winner" would be. I wasn't dissapointed because he was really cute and nice to her, although she did have good chemistry with some of the others too. The funniest scenes were with her parents. Oh, and I have to mention how uncanny the resemblance is between Monica Potter and Julia Roberts. It is just too weird. If you are a romantic you will definitely enjoy this movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Odd, slow to engage, but in the end quite sweet & affecting
Review: I'm With Lucy is a recent romantic comedy starring the little known comic actress Monica Potter, who looks slightly like a blonde Julia Roberts.The film's premise is that the newly-single Lucy (Potter) goes on dates with five different men to see if any of them will work out better with her than her ex, who dumps her in a humiliating fashion during the first few frames of the film in an elevator in front of a bunch of strangers. This was the first sign for me that something was 'off' in this film. Many facets of it, especially in the first half-hour to an hour were frankly a little strange/not very well-thought out... by that I mean a distinct lack of realism, both in the acting and the situations presented. For example, who would really break up with someone, without looking at them (looking straight ahead, at the camera), while giving them a list of personal, embarrassing reasons they were doing so, in front of an elevator full of people they don't know? When Lucy meets her parents on the street with one of her dates, too, her expression is not one we would associate with someone meeting their parents by chance on the street.. she looks at them like they are strangers. The first 'dates' fly by, you see one brief exchange between Lucy and a man, a few lines of dialogue at most, then it's 'on to the next.' As I was watching these, I thought to myself, god where's the director, the editor, the acting coach, it was awful.. but then, after a while, things started to come together and you do see Lucy back on each date, with each different man, in different situations and with different problems/solutions/comic exchanges in each. So it did get better, thank goodness! Another quirky thing was the timing.. in the cases of most of the men, the outing was supposed to have been only one 'date'.. yet the film showed the two (for each segment) doing like five things in a row, very unlikely for a first 'date.' Ie: going on a long drive, fishing, playing tennis, at a beach, etc... all in the daylight.. strange. The timing just never felt quite right, it started to feel too much like a film, and I was focusing on that too much for it to have been done well overall (watching a really good, engaging film, I find, one forgets that one is watching a film at all, until the film ends and the credits start to roll.. and not a moment before).. so this irked me quite a bit. One more complaint is that the secondary characters, especially Lucy's female friends, were introduced for long enough in the beginning for us to expect that they would stay in the picture longer, so to speak, but they fell off the radar completely and didn't really return til the very last scene.. another fault in directing/editing I would say. That said, the movie grew on me quite a bit as it went along, and with some of the most talented male actors around as Lucy's five dates, there was a lot to work with, and the film came together by the end (to an extent). Standouts in the male actors would be Gael Garcia Bernal, the gorgeous Mexican actor (Y Tu Mama Tambien) who here plays a sexy playwright with a very cool (but again, also very unrealistic/unlikely) pad complete with a stream running through it and a host of tropical plants. His extremely sensual and sexy character has no problem bedding down with Lucy, and he does, again and again. She starts to wonder if there might be more to a relationship, however, and though she enjoys their encounter, seems to get a little bored with it all. The funniest/best/most classic scene in the film shows her and Bernal in post-coital bliss for the umpteenth time.. and they start talking about one of his plays. She asks him, "so, there was this one character, he also does something you do," (I forget what it was) and he says, "yes, it was an autobiographical play." "And the character's name was the same as yours," she says. "Yes," he says, deadpan. "And he believed he was the incarnation of Julius Caesar," "Uh.. yes.." he says in his sweet Mexican accent. Needless to say, very soon in another scene in his kitchen as the two are preparing dinner together, she says, quite expectedly, "I think we need to get to know each other a little better." Too much time between the sheets and not enough talking made for an interesting situation, to say the least. Bernal played his part quite well, and I look forward to seeing more of his work in American films. The other standout bloke was Henry Thomas (yes, *that* Henry Thomas (of ET fame)), who was appropriately sweet, cute, and mellow and truly cared for Lucy. The more he was in the film, the better it got, and the relationship between the two of them was quite believable. Other actors in the film were the usually likeable, talented Anthony LaPaglia (of tv's Without a Trace), in a really annoying but somewhat funny role as an aging baseball icon, tv actor David Boreanaz, and the Scottish actor John Hannah (Sliding Doors, Four Weddings and a Funeral). I give it 2 1/2 stars, and for the patient romantic comedy buff, it could be worth a watch.
Rating: 
Summary: Lucy is Lovely!
Review: If you're in the mood for a simple, yet fun romantic comedy, this is the movie! It takes you through a timeline of men that Lucy gets set up with on blind dates. The men are all unique, yet believeable. In the end she ends up marrying one of them...the right guy!
Its a fun way to keep your spirits up when you're feeling down. Just love this movie!
Rating:
Summary: Lucy is Lovely!
Review: If you're in the mood for a simple, yet fun romantic comedy, this is the movie! It takes you through a timeline of men that Lucy gets set up with on blind dates. The men are all unique, yet believeable. In the end she ends up marrying one of them...the right guy!
Its a fun way to keep your spirits up when you're feeling down. Just love this movie!
Rating:
Summary: Bring It To The Big Screen
Review: If you've ever dated, you'd agree. Sweet & Smart movie. Depending on your age, you end up rooting for different contenders to Lucy's heart. Of course with age and significant history with long bouts of dating and discerning good from evil/ Mr. Rights & Mr. Wrongs - I was happy to pick the right one for Lucy!
Rating:
Summary: sweet
Review: its a sweet comedy with appealing stars like Monica Potter(Head Over Heels), John Hannah(The Mummy 1 and 2), Henry Thomas(Gangs Of New York) and of course Angel himself David Boreanaz. great fun all around, especially surprised to see Boreanaz as a doctor because hes so different being Angel, and if your an Angel fan you gotta see it
Rating:
Summary: I Love Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Review: Jon Sherman directs Eric Pomerance's first credited screenplay in this romantic romp. Monica Potter who was both convincing & chilling in the tense "Along Came a Spider" with Morgan Freeman shows that she has a flair for romantic comedy. Her role here as a lead is different from her supporting roles with Robin Williams in "Patch Adams" and as Nicholas Cage's wife in "Con Air." Because of her voice and mannerisms, she will unfortunately probably be referred to as "the blonde Julia Roberts"; but Monica is quite good in her own right. For those who love this genre, this is a fairly good outing. The revelation for me was Henry Thomas as a delightful romantic lead. He certainly has grown up since the days when the world watched him as Elliott in E.T.; and although he's worked steadily, he sparks in this film with his dreamy-eyed portrayl of Barry, the man smitten by Lucy, who intercuts his childhood home movies with hers and shoots them up on a wall in the middle of the city. Also strong, is the wonderful performance of John Hannah with his Scottish brogue as the recently jilted and somewhat up-tight date. My daughter who watched the film was rooting for him to be the one Lucy picks. His performances in "4 Weddings & A Funeral," "Sliding Doors," and "The Mummy" have created an excellent body of work. Gael Garcia Bernal is certainly an outstanding young hunk; & director Sherman wastes little time before [getting] him down in bed with Lucy. He's actually very believable as the young serious playwright and has a wonderful apartment with a stream running through it! (I thought, "That's my kind of nature; no mosquitoes.") Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia is delightfully obtuce as the jockish baseball player. Julie Christie gives a charming cameo as Lucy's mama. Julianne Nicholson does a great job as the best friend. The plot is interesting with 5 dates intercut, knowing that she chooses one to marry, and going through each date concurrently to see who walks to the alter with Lucy. The DVD special features weren't that memorable. I kept misremembering the title as "I Love Lucy," but this lighthearted sweet film is a great diamond. Enjoy!
Rating: 
Summary: I'm with Lucy
Review: No Plot. Story Line inconsistent. Some funny parts, but overall not a good movie.
Rating:
Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: Ok, if you are ready to see this movie, it might be useful to keep the followings in mind:
1) This is a romantic comedy, not a thriller, so do not expect too much out of that ¡°which-guy-won¡± mystery.
2) Yes, Monica Potter did feel very much like Julia Roberts in this movie, so stop spending half of the time wondering about that and hopefully you will be able to focus more on the story and the character.
3) In case you would ever get confused about our heroine Lucy, who slept with one guy 20min after they met but told another one she won¡¯t do kissing on the first date, or she acted as if her blind date was transparent in one case while in another case, she became a defensive and nervous fianc¨¦ as if the two have been dated for years! Well, just remember, Lucy is not seeing all those guys at the same time, she did it one by one, and her attitude changes as her experience grows. This has been a major problem to me, as the scenes jumped rapidly from one guy to another, I never had a chance to fully engage into Lucy¡¯s true feelings, I don¡¯t understand why she did what she did, I cannot feel happy or sorry for her the way I felt for Sally (Meg Ryan), in the end I¡¯m so tied of this mode switching game I do not even care about her anymore! Well, I hope you have a better luck there.
Oh BTW, if you by any chance find a character being mentally unstable as he suddenly turned from a jerk into a sweet boy, do not question the guy¡¯s inner logic. He did that because the story needs a twist.
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