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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanI will say that it's been a while since a romantic comedy mustered this much charm by looking this much like life.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAn honest and breezily melancholic film, thoroughly clear-sighted in its intentions and ideas and bravely committed to the emotional rigors of its central relationship.
- 75The PlaylistWilliam GossThe PlaylistWilliam GossForever doesn't deviate terribly from the can-we-be-friends-after-sex playbook, but it rarely opts for hysterics or contrivance to push our leads along, so long as you can swallow the amicability with which they initially divorce.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJones is great in the part, even if this movie doesn't quite prove she should be carrying films on her own, and the actress makes her character's clumsy heartache feel like more than a plot point.
- 60Time OutTime OutJones writes herself a couple of powerful scenes and plays them well, but she and director Lee Toland Krieger don't find many memorable uses for Samberg as her blandly schlubby hubby.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangCeleste & Jesse Forever earns points for bucking formula, but its fusion of snark and sincerity has a calculated slickness that rings increasingly hollow.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIf nothing else, the shaggy romantic comedy Celeste And Jesse Forever establishes that Parks And Recreation's Rashida Jones is a movie star.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThroughout, stereotypes are trotted out so that the movie can wink that it's too smart for them.
- 30Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneBoxoffice MagazineRay GreeneThis movie will not find an audience. It's got likable stars, a reliable commercial genre and a decent supporting cast, but nobody will turn out to see it, even if it was a labor of love.