The setup is commonplace, but the scenery is delicious, the dialogue refreshingly tart and the keen supporting cast frisky or affecting, as the occasion demands.

"Everybody Loves Somebody" doesn't reinvent the rom-com, but it manages to take the formula, shake it up a bit, and come up with something that feels fresh and inventive.

Mastretta gets considerable mileage out of her bilingual concept, but it's never forced, and we enjoy being in both of Clara's worlds.

[It] is not a revolutionary film by any stretch, nor is it likely to draw anyone who isn't already interested in the romance genre, but it has a charm and wit of its own that places it a head above much of the competition.