Ira & Abby
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 14, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Not only delightfully funny but unaffectedly romantic. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Isn't as sharply directed as "Jessica Stein," but it's still a formidable crowd-pleaser. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
A similar blend of comedy and a grumbling skepticism about the essential goodness of human beings makes Ira & Abby feel, at times, like one of those great stage comedies of yesteryear transferred to the screen. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Westfeldt's screenplay and Cary's direction combine to make it the best Manhattan love story since "When Harry Met Sally." Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Works its way under your skin, and then into your heart. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The film may be slight, but it is not stupid, and director Robert Cary keeps both stickiness and shtickiness at bay. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
To do rough justice to this special treat in not much space, let me first stipulate that it evokes any number of Woody Allen films, thanks to its therapy-centric characters and its Upper West Side milieu. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
This round-robin of marital malaise has a lot more integrity than one might anticipate from its meet-cute beginnings. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Though playing at times like an extended sitcom, Ira & Abby radiates a breathless charm, due in no small part to Ms. Westfeldt’s sharp dialogue and engagingly unmannered performance. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
It's still a mixed bag with a lot of cutesy awfulness to wade through, but the acerbic ending is enough of a punchline to suggest that Westfeldt understands what a joke this kind of film can be. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
Starts off deliriously, is derailed into reality, and finally settles into something in between. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Neurotic New Yorkers, messed up relationships, inept analysts, infidelity -- Ira & Abby has them all, and it's anything but refreshing to trudge through this well-worn territory again. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
It's all too zany and madcap and Woody Allen-redux to be remotely credible, but Ira & Abby turns out to be witty and winning, in large part because of its cast. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
The overall effect is that of an aging vaudevillian making a good-hearted but embarrassing attempt to entertain us with stock characters and stock jokes and stock shtick. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A stale rehash of Woody Allen-style "he's a neurotic Jew, she's a flaky shiksa" gags. Read full review
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