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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Washington PostWashington PostWhile director Jamie Babbit, who cut her teeth on indie comedies, is an equal- opportunity offender, some jokes land better than others. Still, strong lead performances and an energetic supporting cast elevate the uneven material.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenStill, you find yourself rooting for these women, even if their adventures aren’t always up to snuff.
- 50Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughGreer and Lyonne play off each other well; the combination of readily corruptible innocence and reluctantly innocent corruption elevate the material. Their badinage and interactions suggest a genuine sisterly relationship, with a long history of resentments, betrayals, and co-dependence. Too bad the filmmakers try too hard at making you laugh, and not hard enough at making you feel.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinBeyond a few nice closing emotional beats, the whole enterprise plays too desperate and slapdash to whip up the goodwill required to sell such thin, far-fetched material.
- 38Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeThe film's larger points essentially fall by the wayside in the name of black comedy that's largely without genuine edge.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSmall-screen comic talent is all over Fresno, with key players from series including Parks & Rec, Arrested Development and Portlandia teaming up for a tale of two sisters stuck with a hard-to-dispose-of dead body. The feature, sadly, exhibits none of the smarts or agility that fuel those series.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA mean-spirited farce whose strenuous bad taste seldom translates into actual laughs.
- 30The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerYou can get away with this sort of thing if your humor is sharp, but here it’s mostly sophomoric and rarely surprising.
- 25RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAddicted to Fresno is such a mean-spirited, dull and silly movie that it buries its talented cast under the weight of a horrendous script that they can’t possibly redeem.