"Everything Atonement does, it does incredibly well, including depicting characters of varying ages and temperaments and showing the intensity of early romantic love and connection and the very different intensity of haunting regret."

"This American and very modern take on the romantic comedy is quite a number, a wonderful filmgoing experience. I love just about every shot, sound, and character. Great contraband for a Hollywood studio."

"Sturges takes a whole assortment of disagreeable elements—cliché rich people, cliché cardsharps, snakes, and slapstick—and makes one of the greatest romantic and funny comedies. The cast one must adore—never better."

"Dirty Dancing, because it was my first big romantic movie I watched. I was under age. I wasn’t allowed to watch it, really, but my cleaner gave it to me, and I loved it."

"The Graduate, you know, it’s just so frickin’ romantic. I just love that. The music, the performances; everything about it. I saw it at a time in my life that was truly eye-opening."

"The best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made. Stanley Donen’s pitch-perfect romantic thriller is a movie I can watch over and over again. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn at their peak, with Parisian locations."