A Previous Engagement is a 2006 Maltese American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin and starring Juliet Stevenson, Tchéky Karyo, Daniel Stern and Valerie Mahaffey.
The film was shot entirely in Malta.
The film has a 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews. Bill Weber of Slant Magazine awarded the film half a star out of four.
John Anderson of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, âÂÂDespite the occasional detour into mawkishness, A Previous Engagement nicely balances unutterable truths about marriage and love with the comedy that is human interaction and the unending drama that is man and women, repulsion and attraction.âÂÂ