Eulogy
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: October 15, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
6
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60
Film ThreatClint Morris
It's more about watching an ensemble cast try to one-up one another's performance than anything else – and for what it is, it works. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Character eccentricities and off-kilter group dynamics play out with a comic vengeance. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
The movie is like a promising date that goes nowhere. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
In the expanding genre of quirky comedies, first-time writer-director Michael Clancy's messy, fitfully funny Eulogy is among the quirkiest. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Neither ditzy enough as comedy nor realistic enough as human drama to live a long life. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The occasional amusing one-liner can't compensate for the broad caricatures and awkwardly structured story. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
That Eulogy has any laughs is largely a testament to the understated Romano -- he and Deschanel are the only ones in the cast who aren't straining to be funny. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The screenplay is closer in tone to an uneasy mixture of post-"Seinfeld" bile and unfocused Altmanesque satirical misanthropy. Partly because the story's structure is so haphazard, most of the jokes land with a thud. Read full review
30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Nine very good actors are wasted, if not embarrassed, by the thoroughly unconvincing shenanigans perpetrated by first-time writer-director Michael Clancy, while a tenth -- Zooey Deschanel -- somehow manages to float ethereally above it all with her dignity intact. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Feels like a quirky sitcom -- "Arrested Development" without the development. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJoshua Land
If the recurring gag about Grandma's suicide attempts doesn't have you rolling in the aisles, there's always the domineering aunt whose husband sits at the kiddie table. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The cast itself is weirdly overqualified. Read full review
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