A Novel Romance

Released Nov 11, 2011

1 hr. 31 min.

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Nate (Steve Guttenberg) and Jenny (Milena Govich) meet in a restaurant and seem to bond. They are both stuck in bad relationships and part ways until Nate's girlfriend dumps him and Jenny's boyfriend overdoses.

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No ending. Watchable, but you miss the last hour and a half of your life.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Not great, but not as bad as the critic reviews would have you believe. If you can look past a few VERY awkward scenes, which are due more to bad script/editing/directing than acting, this isn't that bad. Steve Guttenberg isn't the world's greatest actor, but he gets a bad rap. There's a lot more to him than Carey Mahoney. Unfortunately, he didn't have a lot to work with here. I still enjoyed it for what it is, a mediocre romcom with the happy and the sad.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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This was a sweet story, but the cast was all wrong for it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Steve Guttenberg is getting too old to play the lead in a romantic comedy like this. The story was not even that well thought out as it was not even remotely realistic. Who is their right mind would just randomly stay at someone's house because their ex died and you had met once before? It's super strange and not even the side story of his writings makes it make any sense.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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"A Novel Romance" supplies a response to the question, "Is Steve Guttenberg still working?" but leaves unanswered the natural follow-up: "Why?"

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Allie Dvorin

Director

Steve Guttenberg

Nate Shepard

Shannon Elizabeth

Adi Schwartz

Milena Govich

Jenny Sparks

Natalya Rudakova

Shelly

Jay O. Sanders

Walter Evans

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

"A Novel Romance" supplies a response to the question, "Is Steve Guttenberg still working?" but leaves unanswered the natural follow-up: "Why?"

Rated: 0/4

Nov 11, 2011

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

Steve Guttenberg is probably supposed to be a lovable loser in "A Novel Romance," a drab, clumsy film by Allie Dvorin, but he can manage to be merely annoying.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 10, 2011

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

The literary conceit [adds] tired self-deprecating narration and arch chapter titles to the romantic-comedy mix.

Nov 10, 2011

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Synopsis

Nate (Steve Guttenberg) and Jenny (Milena Govich) meet in a restaurant and seem to bond. They are both stuck in bad relationships and part ways until Nate's girlfriend dumps him and Jenny's boyfriend overdoses.

Director: Allie Dvorin
Executive Producer: Steve Guttenberg, Gary S. Gumowitz, Nathan Hevrony, Brian Stern
Screenwriter: Allie Dvorin
Distributor: Entertainment One
Production Co: M.E.G.A. Films
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2011, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2012

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