Jack and Jill
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: November 11, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
8
Negative:
17
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerNov 12, 2011
Adam Sandler plays a dual role in Jack and Jill, and he's a lot better as Jill than as Jack. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNov 11, 2011
It's not much to hijack. But playing a lovelorn version of himself, in love with Adam Sandler in a dress, a lisp and breasts, Al Pacino holds a gun to the head of the comedy Jack and Jill and says: I now pronounce you mine. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 10, 2011
Though the Jill problem is too insurmountable to ignore, almost everything else in this comedy succeeds. Read full review
40
Time OutMatt SingerNov 11, 2011
The film is merely a series of random celebrity cameos and shameless product placements. (In one case, both-thank you, Jared from Subway!) But there are a few moments of inspired absurdity, mostly provided by a surprisingly energetic Al Pacino. Read full review
40
VarietyAndrew BarkerNov 10, 2011
Yet the picture's general stupidity, careless direction and reliance on a single-joke premise that was never really funny to begin with are only the most obvious of its problems. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonNov 10, 2011
Jack and Jill is a barrage of fart jokes and fat jokes and mean jokes that sincerely thinks it deserves to end with a hug. It doesn't deserve awwwws - and it doesn't deserve your money. Read full review
40
MovielineAlison WillmoreNov 10, 2011
It's as if, after years of playing characters with temper issues, Sandler has finally let some of that repressed rage leak out toward the audience. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 10, 2011
There are moments in Jack and Jill that are genuinely funny - and, just like countless family reunions, there are moments when you can't wait for it to end. Read full review
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