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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBecause it is light and stylish and good-hearted, it is quite possible to enjoy, in the right frame of mind. This is more of a movie to see on video, on an empty night when you need something to hurl at the gloom.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis film mistakes action for energy, ridiculous circumstances for comedy, and a mismatched male/female pairing for romance.
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaHappily, MacLaine (who can pull off these lovable eccentric dowagers while she's sleeping) and Fraser, showcasing a previously untapped flair for romantic comedy, keep Lake on her toes. [19 Apr 1996, p.1D]
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinBut the film, written by Phoef Sutton and Lisa-Maria Radano and directed by Richard Benjamin in a style cute enough to peel paint off the walls, can't do much to generate romantic sparks between its two young leads.
- In this case of mistaken identity, Ricki Lake's career takes a dubious step from trashy TV talk show to B movie.
- Somehow, Hollywood has managed to reinvent the hard-boiled source novel -- Cornel Woolrich's "I Married a Dead Man" -- as a soft-centered candy of a comedy, and the result is indigestible.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumTranslating Woolrich's pulpy obsessiveness and crazy contrivances into the stuff of light comedy is no easy matter, and the movie gets as far as it does mainly with the help of Lake and Shirley MacLaine.
- 20Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisThe improbabilities pile up on top of each other in Mrs. Winterbourne, an anxious-to-please romantic comedy about mistaken identity that sounds vaguely familiar.
- 20Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonLos Angeles TimesJohn AndersonRicki Lake, who occupies one of the lower links on the TV trash-talk food chain, is promoted to ugly duckling in Mrs. Winterbourne, a film that waddles through the movie-memory super-mart shoplifting everything but charm.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleWith Lake at the center, something that could have been innocuous becomes painful, and a sure shot at mediocrity is transformed into one of the worst films of the year.