Baby It's You

This wonderful movie, saddled by an awful title and a really bad first two minutes, played only one screen in Washington DC --- but my attention was called to it by critic Arch Campbell. Thank you, Arch.Within five minutes the... Full review

In spite of the negative review above I would say this is a good film and a story that may hang around in your mind for a long time. It isn't so much a "movie story," a la Meg Ryan... Full review

Unlike other viewers, I didn't really connect with this on any major level. And I don't think their longing for each other was anything more than adolescent infatuation (hey, we've all been there!), made all the more desperate by separation... Full review

I echo the comments of the other review posted here. The movie seems very uneven, and that adds to its lure. The interaction of Spano and Arquette seems all at once real and surreal. Any movie which makes me think... Full review

This is definitely one of my favorite romantic films. It's well acted, well written and well directed. Arquette and Spano's chemistry is wonderful. With the people I've talked to who have seen this film, there seems to be something personal... Full review

One of its most authentic and powerful was BABY IT'S YOU . And even though the film does leave on a somewhat upbeat moment, it's still bittersweet considering everything that came before it. ... Full Review

While that introduction is lighter fare than most Sayles material, the film trails off into some unexpected plot developments, providing an original take on the "different sides of the track" genre. This was the fiercely independent Sayles ' first film to be made with a major studio (Paramount), and he claims it will be his last, as he lost final editing control. ... Full Review

She said: "I've just got to find something to write about really. The first record I was just completely in love, whereas I'm just busy now. ... Full Article

You've probably never heard of Leslie Knauer but in the pantheon of Women Who Matter in my life she ranks just behind my mother and about two places in front of Alex Wileman and her 1983 Mello Yello advertisement. ... Full Article

Long overdue on DVD, Baby It's You finally comes home again via Legend Films, whose distribution deal with Paramount is unearthing some real buried treasures--films, appropriately enough, that would never be studio releases in today's climate. ... Full Article