I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
IFC Films | Release Date: September 5, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
A wry movie that, packed with his well-known friends and scored intermittently to bouncy accordion music, plays like a softer episode of "Curb." Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Garlin's movie is beautiful in its own way. It also suggests that David's show would still be brilliant without the aggravation. I'm not saying that David should renounce misanthropy. But maybe he could curb less of Garlin's apparent enthusiasm for people. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
If you’re a Chicagoan, if you have just a smidgen of interest in the city’s arts scene and if you’ve been around a while, there’s no way to be objective about I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is a minor movie, but a big-time minor movie...If there is such a thing as a must-see three-star movie, here it is. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
May be one of the wisest studies of urban loneliness since Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty." Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
Laid back and affectionate, “Cheese” is the movie version of a dear friend you could spend all day with. Read full review
70
SlateDana Stevens
Feels more like a series of skits than a movie, though it does tie up several plot threads in a lyrical last scene worthy of vintage Woody Allen. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Unassuming and sweet-natured, and Garlin earns a lot of goodwill with his off-the-cuff wisecracks. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The film is visually bland and hits a few comic dead ends, but there's an element of pathos that allows us to believe in the plight of the fictional James. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
None of it really adds up to much but it's smart, low-key fun -- terrible title and dangling preposition notwithstanding. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Slight but charming. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Garlin, like Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine in "Marty," is good company, even when his out-of-control eating and self-loathing threaten to overwhelm him. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Cheese is written with plenty of sophisticated wit, but it is not quite convincing as a movie. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Never completely takes off, yet somewhat overestimates the surrounding zaniness. Still, any opportunity to witness the improvisatory skills of Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt and Amy Sedaris should not be missed. Read full review
50
Washington PostJohn Maynard
The entire film carries a whiff of "vanity project," with several of Garlin's comedic buddies reporting for duty. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
James and Beth have fun in a grocery store pretending to be different characters meeting in the aisles. As they learn, sometimes the moment works, sometimes it doesn't. The same can be said for this unfailingly modest film. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The story ultimately lands in incoherence; but the cameos and local details, and even some of the gags, keep it perky. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Garlin's directing has little pacing, and many of the borderline gags could have been salvaged with some sharper editing. And there's a shocking amount of jokes and situations that just don't work. Read full review
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