For a Good Time, Call...
Focus Features | Release Date: August 31, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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38
Washington PostJess RighthandAug 30, 2012
Even if a good phone-sex movie does exist, For a Good Time, Call . . . is woefully, definitively not it. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerAug 26, 2012
While the heart of the movie is the at-times strained relationship between the two leads, it all unfolds rather by the numbers, dictated more by the expected arc of such things than the demands of the characters. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezSep 6, 2012
There are several cameos in For a Good Time, Call… by famous actors portraying the girls' phone-sex clients, including Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen, but they've been clearly been left to improvise, and they don't put much effort into their routines. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 14, 2012
In other words, For a Good Time is not a good time. For that, you'll have to dust off your Nintendo and reacquaint yourself with "The Legend of Zelda" -- and hope that one of these days somebody can give "Bridesmaids" some real competition. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearAug 28, 2012
What really hurts is seeing Jamie Travis's name attached; for those of us who love his extraordinary "Patterns" trilogy, watching the talented Toronto filmmaker add his characterically kitschy touch to such a witless, faux-edgy movie can only be described as a Travis-ty. Read full review
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Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSep 14, 2012
Save the money you might spend for a ticket to see For a Good Time, Call... and just read a dive bar's restroom wall for free. That's the sub-level of comedy here, with a litany of crude sexual euphemisms and phallic images passed off as jokes. Read full review
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