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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Bella (2007)

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Bella (2007)

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Bella (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Bella (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:1.9698
Avg Critic Score:2.1577

Bella (2007) Rank 2 Reviews

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Excellent
4
6.38%
(3)
Very Good
3
21.28%
(10)
Good
2
57.45%
(27)
Fair
1
14.89%
(7)
Poor
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Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone) TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
It's more of a life story than a love story. It's also a story that would play just as well if you waited to see this on the small screen. ...read the complete Bella movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Richard Nilsen) Arizona Republic (Richard Nilsen)
It ends like a TV show, and everyone has learned a neat little lesson. Phooey. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Arizona Republic (Richard Nilsen)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov) Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Monteverde's unobtrusive direction makes Bella into something far more interesting and affecting than the mediocre telenovela it could have been. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat) Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
An inspirational drama about a loving and compassionate man who gives a troubled and lonely woman a new lease on life with a selfless act of kindness. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore) Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
An engaging failure, an inversion of some New York movie clichés, a sweet if incomplete movie about love with the proper stranger in the city that never sleeps." ...read the complete Bella movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)

Bella (2007) Critic Reviews continued...

Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (--) eye WEEKLY (--)
Alejandro Monteverde’s directorial debut is ambitious, but it veers too far into sentimentality to be successful. A tale of redemption dressed up as a date movie, the film follows faded soccer star Jose (Eduardo Verástegui) — whose unnamed downfall a ...read the complete Bella movie review at eye WEEKLY (--)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov) Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Monteverde's unobtrusive direction makes Bella into something far more interesting and affecting than the mediocre telenovela it could have been. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel) Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
...it's a movie that touches the heart, even if it has its narrative problems. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means) Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Through the bog of clichés in director/co-writer Alejandro G. Monteverde's melodrama, the flinty reality of Blanchard's performance shines." ...read the complete Bella movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Tasha Robinson) Chicago Tribune (Tasha Robinson)
In his feature directorial debut, Alejandro Monteverde hits the mark as often as he misses it, but the film's problems linger longer than its successes. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Chicago Tribune (Tasha Robinson)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea) Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
What are you going to do when your lead actress offers a performance that's as unlikable as the woman she's portraying? ...read the complete Bella movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice) Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Bella turns out to be a clumsy message movie, one that leaves a lingering bad taste, whatever your beliefs regarding its highly divisive subject, abortion. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (--) Hollywood.com (--)
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Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan) Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
Confessional moments and life lessons pop up around every corner as the movie swaps reality for old-fashioned melodrama. The movie defies logic. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin) Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
...read the complete Bella movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby) Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
A little too safe and tentative. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss) Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Its anti-abortion argument is loaded: How many pregnant waitresses discover they've been working alongside a kind, sensitive and handsome former millionaire soccer star with no girlfriend who's happy to become an adoptive father? ...read the complete Bella movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Gary Goldstein) Baltimore Sun (Gary Goldstein)
A sweet, life-affirming picture, but it's just not authentic or captivating enough to justify its wildly concocted scenario. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Baltimore Sun (Gary Goldstein)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox) TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
The film never takes direct issue with a woman's right to choose. ...read the complete Bella movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas) ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Doesn't seem to have very much plot or purpose, besides being an overly sweet and cute love letter to New York City, but the writing and storytelling just aren't there. ...read the complete Bella movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (John Anderson) Newsday (John Anderson)
It's better when the earthy Nina and the dreamy, Christlike Jose are more or less floating through the city. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Newsday (John Anderson)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Gary Goldstein) Los Angeles Times (Gary Goldstein)
Bella is certainly a sweet, life-affirming picture, but it's just not authentic or captivating enough to justify its wildly concocted scenario. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Los Angeles Times (Gary Goldstein)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire) Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Without a standout performance or a compelling story the entire project is so slight you practically forget you've seen it before it's even over. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden) New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Bella is a movie that wears its bleeding heart on its sleeve and loves its characters to distraction. ...read the complete Bella movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Variety (Robert Koehler) Variety (Robert Koehler)
The warm stars can do only so much to humanize a mucky narrative that unavoidably lessens the film's emotional thrust. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias) Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
The emotions at play in Bella are no doubt heartfelt, but they're so cut-and-dried that the mawkish script virtually writes itself. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
Bella (2007) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long) Detroit News (Tom Long)
A barely disguised anti-abortion tract, Bella is simple-minded, heavy-handed and as subtle as a gorilla in a tutu. ...read the complete Bella movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
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