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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 6, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
14
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
A happy vulgarity still reigns. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
A one-joke comedy that is good for more than a few good laughs. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Forgoes the destructo silliness of the original in favor of one too many bland self help subplots. Read full review
50
Film.comTom Keogh
It does yield solidly comic performances. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Amusing enough. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Over all, the humor has been sanitized a bit compared with the darker, more grotesque comedy of the French original. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldChristine Dolen
Director Jean-Marie Gaubert, who also directed this film's French predecessor, keeps the silly story barreling along.
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Not as funny as the original, not nearly as funny. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A lot of it is low, crude, admittedly comic in the rudest positive sense, which involves a lot of falling down to humorous effect. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)M.V. Moorhead
It's a crude, visually ugly, and peculiarly over-plotted movie, but the blunt, pungent, physical shtick is often pretty funny. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Drains the original story of its satire and juices up its shtick, schmaltz and special effects. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This is a scattershot affair, though fans of Reno should find it engagingly loopy. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Heartfelt as Reno and Applegate are here, the film strands them with an impotently blustering, straw-dog villain and a limp, directionless story. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
One more attempt to pass off chopped liver as foie gras. Read full review
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