Heartbreak Hospital
Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: September 6, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
A game and often quite funny attempt with an expert cast. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Gerber has a sharp cast at hand -- All work furiously, yet the director, with his fake backdrops and stately pacing, never settles on a consistent tone. Surely the novel had more bite. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Jean Oppenheimer
Nominal comedy has a few bright spots but never seems to find its rhythm. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Nicely shot around New York City, this dodgy mixture of cutesy romance, dark satire and murder mystery uses the same central conceit as Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty." Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
If you want to direct a movie that's already been done, it's a good idea to pick one you can improve on. Read full review
30
VarietyRonnie Schieb
Tries to combine romantic comedy, soap-opera parody and murder mystery, but the disparate elements never gel, and the film, about homicide at a daytime television serial, bounces around with no clue of how to reconcile or intertwine its genre conventions. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Everyone tries very hard to make the story sweet and funny, but the soggy screenplay defeats them every time. Read full review
20
Village VoiceLaura Rothstein
Sluggish, tonally uneven -- In fact, it doesn't even rise to the level of 1991's Soapdish, with the feverishly mugging Elisabeth Shue sending up TV's cesspool of sentimentality. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
A dreary indulgence. An unfunny satire set in the world of daytime soap opera, it isn't offensive enough to inspire passionate response. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen Holden
An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay. Read full review
More From This Movie

27 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 71 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL