Enough Said
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: September 18, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
Positive:
36
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaSep 27, 2013
The first date that James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus embark on in Enough Said - has to be one of the great getting-to-know-you encounters in movie history. Read full review
100
Washington PostAnn HornadaySep 27, 2013
Feisty, funny, fizzy and deeply wise, Enough Said sparkles within and without, just like the rare gem that it is. Read full review
100
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 26, 2013
You could argue that Gandolfini doesn’t have enough screen time, but what’s there is, as they say, cherce. The scenes in which Albert and Eva get to know each other are delightful miniatures of emotional intimacy, two bruised romantics amazed to find someone still on their wavelength. Read full review
100
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 17, 2013
Line for line, scene for scene, it is one of the best-written American film comedies in recent memory and an implicit rebuke to the raunchy, sloppy spectacles of immaturity that have dominated the genre in recent years. Read full review
100
USA TodayClaudia PuigSep 17, 2013
It's clever, farcical and offers wry social commentary. With its heartfelt performances, intelligent writing and subtle humor, this is easily one of the most perceptive and engaging movies of the year. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnSep 17, 2013
Gandolfini deserves an Oscar for Enough Said not because it's the culmination of everything that came before it but rather because it goes in a completely different direction. And his least characteristic achievement is also one of his best. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatySep 11, 2013
It shows us how rare love is — and how we need to grab it and not let it go. Read full review
90
The New YorkerDavid DenbyOct 6, 2013
It's a movie that approaches novelistic richness. [7 Oct. 2013, p. 89]
90
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 26, 2013
I can't say enough about the way Enough Said keeps its scintillating sense of humor as it grows deeper and more affecting. Read full review
90
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 26, 2013
You may or may not be surprised by developments here, but it doesn’t really matter. What does is the honesty of the characters and the absolute delight it is to spend time with them. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSep 18, 2013
One of the pleasures of Enough Said is watching Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini, two well-known performers only Holofcener would think of putting together, come alive both as individuals and the two halves of a relationship. Read full review
90
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekSep 17, 2013
Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini are lovely together, though her character is the sharper-edged of the two. It's Gandolfini's Albert, soft-hearted and soft-bellied, who suffers more. Gandolfini takes the movie's small, offhand jokes and intensifies them. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 26, 2013
Gandolfini is effortlessly, quietly great. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldConnie OgleSep 26, 2013
If only more romantic comedies played out as charmingly and perceptively as this one. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 19, 2013
It sounds like rom-com hell. And it would be if Gandolfini and Louis-Dreyfus weren't such an appealing pair of misfits. It's a pleasure just to watch them spar. Read full review
83
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanSep 26, 2013
The result is one of the most honest recent comedies about romances that flourish, marriages that totter and the difficulties of raising children with the right blend of respect, discipline and support. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianMarc MohanSep 26, 2013
There seems to be less acting going on and more being, which not only makes this an enormously affecting penultimate performance (Gandolfini’s final film, “Animal Rescue,” will be released next year), but reinforces the brilliance of the darker work for which he will no doubt remain best known. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSep 25, 2013
The role of Albert in Nicole Holofcener's Enough Said is closer to who the man was, and who the actor seldom got the chance to play: bearish yet soft-spoken, a self-confessed slob with a soul bigger than his gut. There's warmth pouring from those slitted eyes, loosening up guarded smiles as Albert takes a chance on love again. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthSep 13, 2013
Enough Said is another tremendously well crafted, intelligent dramedy about people, with complicated lives, who make bad decisions trying to do the right thing. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeOct 15, 2013
Nicole Holofcener has a reputation for making Woody Allen-ish chick-flicks. Which sounds like a snidey compliment. Enough Said is her best yet. Read full review
80
SlateDana StevensSep 20, 2013
A wonderful movie, observant and hilarious and full of sad and beautiful truths. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 19, 2013
This is one of the last Gandolfini performances, and it’s the ultimate proof that he could change his look and sound and rhythm without losing the source of his power: the connection to that inner baby ever starved for love and nourishment. Read full review
80
TimeMary PolsSep 19, 2013
A wry and moving look at a time in life that tends to get short shrift in U.S. cinema. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirSep 19, 2013
On first viewing, I conclude that Enough Said is irresistible, and demands a second (and third) viewing right away. Read full review
80
Time OutSam AdamsSep 17, 2013
While most film romances feel like a fait accompli, Enough Said’s tentative fumblings toward bliss require, and merit, fighting for; its wanderings are never less than pleasant and its final moments pack surprising emotional power. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthySep 13, 2013
This is Holofcener’s sweet spot, the depiction of the emotional confusions, self-deceptions, uncertainties and misguided decisions that can cloud and get the better of otherwise bright, aware people, especially the female characters she tends to specialize in. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickSep 30, 2013
The film also drags a bit toward the end, but neither of these is a major flaw in a movie with more funny lines than in most of Allen’s movies these days — not to mention a saner, clearer moral perspective. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceySep 27, 2013
Enough Said confirms filmmaker Nicole Holofcener’s status as one of America’s best stealth satirists. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 26, 2013
Despite the movie's limitations, it's very satisfying to watch Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini enjoy each other's company on screen, as characters, because it's satisfying to watch them enjoy each other's company as performers. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaSep 20, 2013
The director was smart enough to take a trait that often caused an actor to be be typecast as a menacing figure and turn it into a strength. Read full review
75
NPRElla TaylorSep 20, 2013
If the sum of Enough Said is less than its parts — and really, the midlife challenges here are pretty small potatoes — the movie does have some lovely grace notes that add up to an astute observation of the symbiosis of single mothers and their daughters. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Sep 18, 2013
Sharp as the dialogue is, it’s hard to imagine any of this working as well without the late, great Gandolfini. Read full review
75
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSep 17, 2013
Apparently at Holofcener’s urging, Dreyfus just tends to overwhelm the movie with her regular, if charming, bag of tricks, as if that’s enough. And it isn’t. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedSep 17, 2013
Although Enough Said never really surmounts its TV sitcom style and structure, the director provides a nuanced entertainment that is enjoyable. She is aided beyond measure by the charisma of her two stars — especially Mr. Gandolfini, who reveals a side of himself we’ve never seen before. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangSep 13, 2013
Enough Said may be her cleanest, most polished and broadly funny effort to date; its emotional generosity is undeniable, but so is its tendency to smooth over some of the hard, brittle edges that have been the more interesting hallmarks of Holofcener’s work. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 29, 2013
The film's dramatic underpinning and the way it addresses impending empty nest syndrome are solid but the comedy varies from mildly amusing to achingly awful. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramOct 21, 2013
Assured, adult filmmaking from a writer/director who knows her way around the ups and downs of relationships. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 27, 2013
Enough Said isn't without the occasional minor formulaic element or the odd narrative contrivance here and there (starting, it must be said, with its very setup). It is, after all, a romantic comedy. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 18, 2013
Enough Said doesn’t have the intimacy of Holofcener’s “Walking and Talking” or “Lovely & Amazing,” but it still cuts close the bone. Often so close we have to smile in self-defense. Read full review
60
Film.comJordan HoffmanSep 13, 2013
While there are some okay side stories (stuff with the daughters and daughters’ friends) it kinda feels like attending a dinner party and checking in on the first world problems of a friend you kinda like, but don’t like enough to ask any follow up questions. Read full review
60
The GuardianPaul MacInnesSep 13, 2013
All in all a comedy that starts out like a pudding made of first world problems ends up warming your heart and that is in no small part down to the strength of its two leads. As a final act, it's a touching one. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSep 26, 2013
Neither does it help that, despite the wit and literacy of Enough Sad, its form is straight out of a teen romance: A cool kid starts dating someone less cool, and then engages in some elaborate deception that, if found out, will threaten the progress of young love. The funny thing is, if Enough Said were converted wholesale into a high school romance, the characters' behavior might ring more true. Read full review
50
The DissolveNathan RabinSep 18, 2013
Gandolfini delivers a funny, poignant performance befitting a great actor. It’s heartbreaking that the film doesn’t measure up to his exemplary turn. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris CabinSep 18, 2013
Enough can't be said about how the late James Gandolfini comes so close to saving writer-director Nicole Holofcener's latest articulation of white suburban anxieties. Read full review
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