Holy Man
Touchstone Home Video | Release Date: October 9, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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60
Washington PostRita Kempley
Tom Schulman's script is on the sloppy side and offers few surprises; still, it's not entirely bereft of laughs. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
For all the funny possibilities of Mr. Murphy's neat transformation here, the latest comedy from Stephen Herek ("Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," "The Mighty Ducks") doesn't know what to do with him. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyRon Stringer
What's most disturbing about this ineptly scripted, utterly implausible (and at the same time curiously likable) comedy of sin and redemption in TV's home-shopping universe is how close a committed cast and a talented director (Stephen Herek, late of Mr. Holland's Opus) come to pulling it off, to making us feel good about the 110 minutes or so we've just pissed away. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A love story about two people with no apparent chemistry, whose lives are changed by a stranger who remains an uninteresting enigma. No wonder it just sits there on the screen. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The result is a poorly-focused motion picture characterized by limp satire and capped off by a final fifteen minutes that could send half of the audience into sugar shock. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Holy Man sure isn't raucous; instead, in the main, it's just quietly unamusing. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
There just aren't many laughs in this slack dramedy, and what yuks there are are fairly low-wattage. Read full review
40
EmpireCatherine Scroop
By turns wry and sarcastic, the film does a good job ridiculing the home shopping phenomenon in general and the audience that supports it, but lets itself down with occasional lapses into lame slapstick, dubious plot twists and the kind of soap opera-isms it elsewhere decries. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The movie's tone fluctuates wildly, suggesting that no one was exactly sure what kind of movie they were making. Read full review
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