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Metascore
33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSo wonderfully odd, even spiritual, that audiences won't be able to do anything but smile.
- 100New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsAmong the funniest and most satisfying films I've seen in years.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanTurns the tricks of psychology into duplicitous high play.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe performances are disarming and Mumford is the kind of comedy that grows on you if you give it a chance.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis good-natured comedy serves up plenty of laughs while suggesting that the best experts in human psychology are plain old humans.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA sort of thinking-person's cornball movie.
- 60Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlGoes out of its way to suppress most natural dramatic conflict, so it's left to the actors to carry the day.
- 60Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghAll fleeting charm where it could have been one of the most memorable films of the decade.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovSeems as though its reach is always exceeding its grasp...partly because Kasdan spreads himself a bit thin amongst the nine major characters he's working with.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyKasdan's direction here is even less energized than his writing.