Made-Up
Riverbend Entertainment | Release Date: January 23, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Pointed and hilarious. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Its warm, occasionally off-putting individuality is more like what you look for in a friend than in a movie, and like a friend it invites you to see the unique beauty that lies under its superficial flaws. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
In working with Lynne Adams' script, Shalhoub, the esteemed star of the current USA series "Monk," gives his cast the inspiration and confidence to express the characters' many facets and seeming contradictions. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It wants, as Kate says about her documentary, to be a "seminal work on beauty and aging." But it wears like a gauzy romantic comedy. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's never dull: Shalhoub's direction is smart, the dialogue is tart and the Adams' family shares a palpable intimacy that translates directly onto the screen. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid Hunter
With Made-Up, the sisters Adams and Shalhoub (who is married to Brooke) have taken a playfully irreverent approach to middle-age rites of passage that comes with many opportunities for the performers to self-consciously "act." Read full review
50
VarietyLael Loewenstein
While the whole may be less than the sum of its parts, those parts are individually commendable. Shalhoub has an eye for composition and a strong sense of pacing. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Like picking out a family at random and walking into their house during dinnertime. Sure, their conversations are fascinating to them. But to you, it's just boring, meaningless chatter. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJoshua Land
A ham-fisted satire on the American obsession with appearance, Made-Up is ultimately self-defeating and even offensive. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Voice-overs and commentaries are piled on top of contrived intimate moments until, despite some easygoing performances, the movie -- the actual movie -- is a blur of undercooked motivations and halfhearted improv. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Tries to be many things -- romantic comedy, mockumentary, a satire on beauty and aging -- but ends up succeeding at none. Read full review
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