Management
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The | Release Date: May 15, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Management works as a sweet rom-com with some fairly big laughs. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Aniston and Zahn are sweet together - their respective characters have built up psychic armor to keep the outside world at bay, and each breaks down the other's in revealing ways. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Picture benefits greatly from appealing performances by Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn, who deftly apply darker emotional shadings to their characters when necessary, and equally fine work from a small ensemble of solid supporting players. Read full review
70
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Zahn is the single biggest reason why Management is a delightfully screwball romantic comedy and not a crazed-stalker film. And why it works. Like watching a puppy chase its own tail, it's a pleasure watching Mike try to win Sue over. Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn? Who thought that would be a good match? So it's to everyone's ­credit that by the time the ­movie is over, you'll wonder why they were never paired together before. Read full review
70
SlateDana Stevens
Management remains for the most part as endearing as its leads. Steve Zahn is a wonderful actor who's spent too long in the "hey, it's that guy" best-friend role. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's a sweetly strange yet uneven comedy, with a charming lead performance by Steve Zahn offset by a lackluster one from Jennifer Aniston. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterPeter Brunette
Ultimately delivers the goods, even if the goods aren't very fresh. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Mike may be a bumbling sad sack, but Mr. Zahn gives him just enough spunky appeal to lend this unlikely fly-by-afternoon coupling and its consequences a shred of credibility. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Like its protagonist, Management is dopey and impractical, but strangely winning all the same. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A standard-order romantic comedy with many of the expected twists and complications. It suffers from the flaw of not giving the lead characters enough time together. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyAaron Hillis
Each new superfluous Jennifer Aniston rom-com is already met with low expectations, but add some overcooked, middlebrow Indiewood quirk and you've got cinema's purest shade of beige. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's pretty much a waste of everyone's time, especially yours. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Playwright Stephen Belber (Match), in his directing debut, comes close to the sweet spot. He's not there yet. But he'll be worth watching next time. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A sentimental -- and modestly enjoyable -- fantasy of mutual need. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
Though it doesn't always work, it's an idea with its heart in the right place and, paired with nonshock comedy, it's a nice change of pace. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Management is ultimately undone by its own bland idiosyncrasies. It's nothing but a mismanaged opportunity. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Painless and predictable, with an amusing if overwrought featured performance by Woody Harrelson. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
This quirky indie romance is beguiling at first but later succumbs to artifice. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Padding disguised as a feature-length screenplay, adapted from Belber's one-act. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Sometimes a movie thinks it's one thing (charming) when it's really something else (creepy). Such is the case with writer-director Stephen Belber's Management. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineJosh Ralske
Sadly, Management is formulaic indie romantic comedy at its core. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Sometimes a cute-stalker movie can win the audience's heart. Management only makes you ponder the line between true love and a restraining order. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
The film is a failure if it can't convince us that these two people belong together. It can't, and barely tries. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's dull and crude and silly and without a lick of quality. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Isn't it time Steve Zahn grew up? Ever since the '90s, this walking quirk of an actor has pushed his dazed solipsistic zaniness (he's like Michael J. Fox’s hillbilly cousin), but he's 41 now, and it no longer looks cute on him. Read full review
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