Hollywood Ending
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: May 3, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
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12
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19
Negative:
6
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30
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
What's particularly scary about Hollywood Ending, however, is that its flaws are exactly the sort of problems that often afflict aging directors, flaws that we've never seen in Allen before -- bad comic timing, slack pacing, an unsteady control of tone, a reliance on jokes that have long since become clichés. Read full review
30
NewsweekDavid Ansen
You know a romantic comedy is in trouble when you root for the hero not to get the girl.
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
No director in the history of moviemaking has expended so much effort in the service of drying up and blowing off the landscape. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
It isn't only that there is a dearth of ideas in Hollywood Ending -- however hateful, "Deconstructing Harry" was at least about something -- it's that the whole thing is almost entirely devoid of pleasure. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I only laughed once here, at a Treat Williams reaction shot; the rest of the time I was trying to figure out why Allen made this movie. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
It's as sad and painful to report as it is to experience, but Hollywood Ending makes the conclusion inescapable: Woody Allen has become his own worst enemy. Read full review
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