60
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThese movie guys specialize in snapping vignettes of human inconsistency - no fancy lighting required.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt shares one annoying practice with their other early films: They like to use distracting little zooms in and out for no reason at all, except possibly to remind us the film is being shot with a camera.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeInevitable or not, it's fun watching two middle-aged lunkheads reverting to adolescent competitiveness, and the fun is compounded by secrecy.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonUncompromising in its way, the film's portrait of codependent compulsion is so organically conceived, you start to smell the sulfur of traumatized childhood, no exposition needed.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIts insights are modest, but modesty is a virtue for a low-key comedy this doggedly unpretentious.
- 55MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeThe latest from brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (who co-wrote and directed) seems to expose the limits of a certain kind of realism by stretching them one man-child too far.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThey're not doing themselves any favors by letting this oldie out of the vault.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe problem, ultimately, is that little of this is of any real interest. The brothers' bickering can be amusing at times but even at 76 minutes, the movie feels repetitive and overly long.
- 25Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerIn Jay and Mark Duplass's film, the fragile middle-aged male ego is indulged, massaged, and, finally, critiqued.