| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"More fun than you might expect." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"As satires go, this is a drive-by shooting that tickles." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...the movie avoids the rich opportunities to plop Carrey and Leoni into the middle of a political lampoon, and turns to tired slapstick, wigs, false beards, 'funny' bank holdups, and so on." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"It's inoffensive material with few laughs and even fewer jabs." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"Fun? Not so much." more... |
D |
Entertainment Weekly
Gary Susman |
"...a manic remake..." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
"This remake has replaced the original's charm with a slapstick free-for-all that generates only marginal laughs." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden |
"A shrill remake that opts for shtick over satire." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"As much fun as a root canal." more... |
F |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"One of the film's insights is that poverty stinks, which could be news only in the la-la land of Los Angeles big-studio moviemaking." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...moments of cleverness, but there aren't enough of them, nor are they sustained." more... |
C- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"The social angle aside, no one had a compelling artistic reason or motivation to remake this picture." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...likable, inventive and occasionally very biting..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Fun with Dick and Jane has occasional moments of amusement, but mostly it's a poor use of talented lead actors Téa Leoni and Jim Carrey." more... |
C |
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