Monte Carlo
Fox 2000 Pictures | Release Date: July 1, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeJul 2, 2011
As in "Country Strong," Meester's crack timing and irresistible poignancy illuminate a part that would leave other actresses simpering themselves off the screen. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisJun 30, 2011
Honestly, the whole movie is from 1960-something. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyJun 30, 2011
The actresses are appealing, the settings photogenic (Budapest doubles for Monte Carlo), and the clothes ideal for a triple-Cinderella fantasy. It's not art, but it is entertaining. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 30, 2011
Unlike a few other well-drilled young actress-singers we could name, such as the one whose name rhymes with "Riley Myrus," Gomez knows how to relax on camera. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 1, 2011
If you are a 12-year-old girl, you are the perfect audience for Monte Carlo. Read full review
60
VarietyLael LoewensteinJun 30, 2011
A frothy, innocuous smorgasbord of girlhood wish fulfillment that scores a direct hit with its target demo. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczJun 30, 2011
Undoubtedly a trifle, but it's still kind of nice for a summer movie to try charming us instead of just bludgeoning us into submission. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJul 9, 2011
The film's best stretch, wherein each American gal is romanced by an international lover, faintly recalling the Fifties' sudser "Three Coins in the Fountain." Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderBen SachsJul 2, 2011
The movie hits a surprising range of emotional grace notes, including several moments of genuine regret, and concludes with an understated moral lesson about the value of self-respect over social status, something that would never happen in an Allen film. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJul 1, 2011
Earnest and predictable, it's the cinematic equivalent of a pop hit by star Selena Gomez's boyfriend, Justin Bieber. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigJun 30, 2011
Monte Carlo is a wish-fulfillment fantasy. (What luck! The heiress' clothes fit all three girls like a glove!) Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryJun 30, 2011
Dependable entertainment for young girls. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 30, 2011
If there is a saving grace to Monte Carlo, it's that the frothy film strikes a nice balance between the ridiculous and the, well, slightly less ridiculous. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJun 30, 2011
It's chirpy, it's bright, there are pretty locations and lots happens. This is the kind of movie that can briefly hold the attention of a cat. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineNick SchagerJun 30, 2011
Mistaken-identity shenanigans and gooey romance are Monte Carlo's prime commodities. Read full review
40
Time OutJudy Sutton TaylorJul 2, 2011
The movie isn't without its charms, with several supporting characters - a hotel-desk clerk, a French police chief - adding a touch of "Pink Panther"–esque humor to the mix. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 30, 2011
Cheery, corny and perhaps calculatingly unoriginal, this is packaged entertainment so familiar it feels like a remake and so wholesome you could swear Sandra Dee starred in the 1959 original. Think of it as "No Sex and the City" for tweeners. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJun 30, 2011
Even as she is the center of attention here in a double role, the jury is still out on Gomez's bigscreen potential; she's not very appealing or magnetic here, nor does she display any particular comic gifts for this sort of broad fare. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoJun 30, 2011
On the surface Monte Carlo is charming, oddly down-home wish-fulfillment, but it's riddled with unexplored class issues and generic filmmaking. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreJun 30, 2011
This script, this leaden direction ensures that even as the teen wish-fulfillment fantasy, complete with young women playing dress-up, Monte Carlo fails. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasJun 30, 2011
Monte Carlo finally resolves itself in a farcical climax that at least shows a little energy, but it isn't enough to overcome the discomfiting tensions and indifferent formula filmmaking that plagues nearly every scene. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterJul 1, 2011
Gomez, who turns 20 next year, looks much younger than her age and has the thankless task of playing three roles...It feels like a struggle and the screenplay doesn't help. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 30, 2011
It's unpleasant where it should be pleasant, convoluted where it should be streamlined, anxiety provoking where it should be easy, and long, long, long - at least 20 minutes longer than it has a right to be. Read full review
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