America's Sweethearts
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
12
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Wall Street JournalEd Epstein
Amusing enough, especially with its uniquely credible premise of a media fraud, to recommend.
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
As enjoyable as this film is in parts, it's not nearly as successful as a whole. Enormously engaging in its opening segments, it's unable to sustain that good feeling over the long haul. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianBarry Johnson
Surprise! Crystal has given himself most of the best lines, though he also allows a Doberman to have its way with him. Read full review
50
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Resoundingly so-so. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
While the film delivers some sharp dialogue, overall it's soft and slightly unfocused. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
America's Sweethearts recycles "Singin' in the Rain" but lacks the sassy genius of that 1952 musical, which is still the best comedy ever made about Hollywood. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
The movie is a polished muddle, fitfully amusing but with no spine. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Too eager to please to be truly dislikable, and Roberts and Cusack have a fine rapport. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
No excuse for the bitterness and crudity in America's Sweethearts -- a noxious combination that erodes the 1930s and '40s screwball-comedy armature on which this mirthless movie is based. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Like a bottle of lukewarm Champagne -- an expensive one, judging by the label -- America's Sweethearts opens with a promising burst of effervescence and quickly goes flat. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Begins as a smartly promising, gently farcical comedy of manners and ends as sourly and haphazardly as the lives it is poking fun at. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
It's dull, two-dimensional, and totally toothless.
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