Dealin' with Idiots
IFC Films | Release Date: July 12, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireEric KohnJul 19, 2013
Dealin' With Idiots is powered by a cast of terrific character actors. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 16, 2013
The film is a consistently funny gem with moments of inspired lunacy. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelAug 15, 2013
"Idiots” definitely isn’t for everyone, but its wry sensibility is several degrees more original than your average Hollywood knee-slapper. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJul 11, 2013
Garlin doesn’t discover anything new about this well-documented phenomenon. But rounding up his (under-employed) comic pals and turning them loose on Little League is funny enough by itself. Read full review
60
The DissolveNathan RabinJul 18, 2013
Dealin’ With Idiots is at its strongest when it forgets about plot and character development altogether (which is most of the time) and gives itself over to the laid-back pleasure of improvisation among veteran professionals finding and exploring a good groove together. Read full review
50
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJul 18, 2013
The movie was largely improvised, which lends itself more to scenes than a feature-length film. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 17, 2013
The problem is, despite the fact that the cast is filled with a gallery of veteran comic performers, few of the characters they portray are very interesting. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAndy WebsterJul 16, 2013
Mr. Garlin has such a soft touch that at times the film feels feather-light, almost devoid of emotional traction. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comHank SartinJul 12, 2013
More disappointing, the performances just aren't quite as funny and focused as they should be. Willard and Kind are both very funny guys when they are used right, but they both seem a bit at sea here, and their characters never come into sharp focus. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 18, 2013
There simply isn’t enough here to sustain an entire movie. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsJul 16, 2013
Essentially an overlong, off-brand episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonJul 16, 2013
Years of HBO seasoning has given Garlin and his cast a sure touch and great timing...but the whole project is mean-hearted and lazy, and it dawdles in repetition and dead air as if it's got a 14-show TV season to spin out. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick McCarthyJul 17, 2013
The film is reduced to a series of unfunny mockery laid out so Garlin can display his trademark deadpan reaction. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangJul 18, 2013
For once, truth in advertising: Dealin’ With Idiots spends 83 minutes doing exactly that. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJul 18, 2013
The heavily improvised flick ambles as slowly as a toddler rounding first base. Hopefully, Garlin's next movie bothers to include a plot and jokes, i.e. the essential building blocks of a comedy. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 16, 2013
Jeff Garlin’s second directorial feature, Dealin’ With Idiots, is a largely improvised ensemble piece about a comedian who decides that his son’s Little League team would make an interesting subject for a movie. It doesn’t. Read full review
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