Prelude to a Kiss

"Thanks to a magnetic cast and intelligent adaptation, “Prelude to a Kiss” has made a solid transfer from stage to screen."

"Prelude to a Kiss is squishy yet blah. It teaches the characters a lesson they don’t need to learn."

"In "Prelude to a Kiss," the prelude is sweeter than the kiss. That makes for a good 45 minutes or so. In this modern fairy tale, the love between Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan stands the test. But does the test have to be a deadly dull second half?"

"René’s direction is inexplicably ponderous. Baldwin, superb onstage, still manages a few moments of genuine ardor. But Ryan is hopelessly dim in a role Mary-Louise Parker made incandescent on Broadway."

"Baldwin finds all the right notes in his performance, from Yuppie barfly to guy in love to a man faced with a large metaphysical embarrassment on his honeymoon. Meg Ryan is subtle in the way she signals that perhaps she is occupied by another personality."