Michael
New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 25, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
8
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie is so busy applying cute touches to everything and everybody that it forgets to devote enough attention to the souls Michael has come down to save. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
The best movie she ever directed was "This Is My Life," a biting comedy she also wrote that was soundly defeated by both critics and audiences. I think she's lost her nerve and her edge ever since. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
But wouldn't it be heavenly if a like proportion of Tinseltown producers believed in an existing need for a good script. Because this one ain't good; in fact, it's hellishly mediocre, the kind that aims for holiday charm and settles for workaday torpor. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Nora Ephron's comedy tries to be sweet, hip, innocent, and sophisticated all at the same time, and it doesn't take long for these contradictory goals to cancel one another out. Read full review
40
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
The script is clichéd and uninspired, the tone veering uneasily between unamusing comedy and over-sincere drama, all theological issues are weakly circumvented and the characters hardly relate to each other, let alone to any of their onscreen activities. Read full review
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