Just Married
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 10, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
12
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray Conlogue
In the end, a few genuinely funny moments aside, the script is simply too predictable and unvarying to earn the viewer's loyalty. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Collapses into the most generic sort of teen movie-ville, just at the moment it's convinced you that its lightly appealing stars are capable of better. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Not without some stupidly funny moments. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
This mostly vulgar, but never explicit, comedy resolves itself surprisingly, revealing depth just when you think it's going to continue its skip across the shallows. In other words, Just Married might not be good, but it's just good enough. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Overall, Just Married doesn't really take -- it has a shelf life about as short as the disastrous honeymoon -- but in the moment, it's cute, if corny. It'll do. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The sloppy charms of Just Married don't exactly break new ground, but they don't make you want to swear off romantic comedy forever, and in these "Maid in Manhattan" days that's saying something. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Had a chance to be not just OK, not just fluff, but something special, and it's a shame that the people making it either didn't realize it or didn't have the guts to take this movie where it wanted to go. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A forced screwball comedy for teenagers, partly redeemed by Brittany Murphy's giddy performance. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Murphy in particular deserves better, but at least she got a boyfriend and a paycheck out of the deal. No such benefits await those who sacrifice both cash and time to see this movie. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
The filmmakers themselves betray a lack of knowledge about the Old World, while unfailingly repeating physical hijinks one time too many. Read full review
40
Film ThreatDavid Grove
Like a head on collision between some nice performances and a really stupid plot. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The groom is a doofus, the bride has genuine screwball talent -- It's too bad that the movie is so disappointing. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Anyway, you will be glad that they have found each other, and eager to wish them a long and happy life together -- somewhere else, as 95 minutes in their company is plenty. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Would it have been that much more difficult to make a movie in which Tom and Sarah were plausible, reasonably articulate newlyweds with the humor on their honeymoon growing out of situations we could believe? Apparently. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Reasonably painless if you've never seen a comedy about the travails of newlyweds. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Sitcomish, stereotypical and sporadically funny romantic comedy. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
The film's only sparks are generated by Tom's last-ditch attempt to win back Sarah's affections, but they come too late to redeem the picture from its surfeit of over-the-top physical comedy and low-brow jokes. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy are attractive and skilled performers as the film's newlyweds, but the movie is so mechanical it's like watching Barbie and Ken dolls going through the motions. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Dude, where's the script? Just Awful. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyGraham Robinson
As long on violent slapstick as a Three Stooges retrospective. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
Just Married is what industry people refer to as "January Junk," cinematic flotsam that gets tossed ashore once they have cleared the shelves of Oscar contenders. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Most of the incidents are harmlessly derivative, but the movie has a mean streak that undermines our empathy for the characters, particularly Tom. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Director Shawn Levy brings a yeoman-like joylessness to the project, spoiling whatever fun might have been had. Kutcher and Murphy seem game enough, and it's a testament to their charisma that they're the hardest element of the film to hate. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Don't even consider this when it hits the Blockbuster shelves of shame. Read full review
10
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Unlike Reese Wither-your-spoon, stagy Murphy actually does deserve her own "Philadelphia Story," or "Singin' in the Rain." She's obviously a camp genius (see "Clueless," not "8 Mile"), but this dopey script, topped with too-pretty Kutcher's rote 70's Show blowups, ain't it. Read full review
10
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
You know a movie is in trouble when its biggest laughs come not from its lead players but from a dog and a car Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Even in the month of January, traditionally a time for movie lovers to expect the worst, this cheapo feature, directed by Shawn Levy, takes the stale cake for witlessness.
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