| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...stretches a cute concept." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a pleasant, unassuming fantasy..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"The lesson: Kids are never too young to balance a stock portfolio." more... |
C |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...could use more enchantment--and less predictability." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...a benignly didactic kiddie movie that at once benefits from and gets buried under Eddie Murphy's skittery, overeager inflections." more... |
C+ |
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"...within this otherwise formulaic family film are elements so atrocious that they remove any heart Murphy manages to mine." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Eddie Murphy and young Yara Shahidi make a strong comic pair in this amusing family film." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Cutesy? My pain was acutesy as the entire plot yawned before me." more... |
D |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"Is this what Eddie Murphy has become?" more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Amy Biancolli |
"...a mostly innocuous affair..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"It's too bad there's little to distinguish this predictable tale from any other comedy about an overly busy father who finally connects with his child." more... |
C |
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