Man of the House
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 25, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
More than passably amusing. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
God-natured comedy. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
uUninspired, unnecessary and formulaic. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
So light it should wind up on the ''diet" shelf of the video store. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
A winningly restrained lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones, who also exec produced, isn't enough to put the film on the boxoffice scoreboard. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Walking the path grooved by such stone-faced confreres as De Niro and Schwarzenegger (and following up on his own more successful self-parody in "Men in Black"), Jones positions himself as a Man in a Stetson. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Stuck with flat material and a star more adept at responding to humor than generating it, director Stephen Herek, in a vain attempt to generate laughs, enlists Cedric the Entertainer, as a convict-turned-preacher. Read full review
50
Village VoiceChris Tamarri
The movie's not so much bad as it is chillingly uninventive. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
A sweetly benign comedy that allows the actor (Jones) to lampoon his tough guy image honed in "The Fugitive" and "U.S. Marshals." Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
And if you can't figure out who [the bad guy] is the minute he first appears, you've either seen too few movies with mind-numbingly predictable plots or you've seen far too many. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's got a lot of small movies bouncing around inside it, but there's no big movie on the outside. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Jones' role, on the other hand, only requires him to look embarrassed at all times, which shouldn't have been too hard to pull off, considering the circumstances. Is that what they call "method" acting? Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
It's not a terrible premise -- It is, however, terribly executed. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'Hara
There are some amusing moments and some good performances despite the poor material, but it's not enough. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
[A] straight-to-video-quality mess. Read full review
30
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Nearly every one of the film's emotional scenes is too predictable to hit its mark, but Mr. Jones's dry delivery has its moments. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It will bore you. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
This one is headed straight for star Tommy Lee Jones's career-blooper reel. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Silly and implausible. Read full review
12
New York PostDebra Birnbaum
Mindless, vapid fare... Watching the movie, you'll feel really dirty. Read full review
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