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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 17, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
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14
Mixed:
17
Negative:
7
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38
New York PostLou LumenickDec 17, 2010
This rambling, overproduced, tone-deaf melange of romance, comedy and drama is only slightly more engaging than Brooks' other feature this century, the unfortunate Adam Sandler vehicle "Spanglish" (2004). Read full review
30
The New YorkerAnthony LaneDec 28, 2010
Bad movie! Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 16, 2010
An airless, sometimes distressingly mirthless comedy. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeDec 15, 2010
This wrong-headed dramedy peddles forced warm-fuzziness and insincere sentiment on the backs of an all-star cast. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliDec 16, 2010
The film is confusing and awkwardly timed, and it drags. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDec 16, 2010
Brooks' shallow screenplay feels half-finished, and he never compensates with additional guidance or directorial flair. So all his actors are forced to flail about ineffectually. Apparently, none of them read the script in advance. Because surely then they'd have known to take a pass. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDec 16, 2010
No need to belabor the awfulness of this film, a romantic comedy devoid of romance - instead of chemistry there's the flow of reverse magnetism - and lacking in comic timing, let alone comic content. Read full review
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