| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...content to be repugnant." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...the film is a squirmy miscalculation of tone." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Monaghan¿s comic timing saves this go-nowhere affair from 100 percent lousiness..." more... |
D |
E! Online
N.V. Cooper |
"...proves that Bobby and Peter's creative brand of comedy is in sharp decline." more... |
D+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...not-as-bad-as-you've-heard..." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...textbook Farrelly brothers." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Less a remake than a total retooling of the 1972 comedy by the Farrellys into a Ben Stiller vehicle." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"...a grim, shrill, deluded and incredibly depressing movie, so bewilderingly mean-spirited that the trademark Farrelly Brothers gross-out scenes feel like the sweetest." more... |
D- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...so laugh-poor that it shoves all its comedy chips on a bet that you can build a movie around nose gags." more... |
D+ |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"If you haven't seen the 1972 version of The Heartbreak Kid, you're missing a minor classic. If you haven't Peter and Bobby Farrelly's new version, I'm jealous." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a surprisingly flat and unamusing comedy." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...smacks of comic desperation." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego |
" Yes, Stiller and the Farrellys pull off a couple of funny scenes, but they can't resist sabotaging the effort with garbage." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"There are a few laughs, but Stiller has lost a good deal of his comic impact and edge now that he's in his 40s..." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...merrily quintessential Farrelly." more... |
B- |
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