Peeples
Lionsgate | Release Date: May 10, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMay 9, 2013
An infectious, warm comedy of family and communication and a promising debut as writer-director for Chism. These Peeples are people one should be happy to meet. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonJun 11, 2013
Chism's cast is game for her shenanigans, and the biggest pleasure of "Peeples" is watching them cut loose under her direction. This movie has one hell of a cast. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMay 9, 2013
Revelations unfold predictably, but the subplots cohere and the assured pacing offers a stark contrast with the often disjointed tempos of Mr. Perry’s mosaics. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 15, 2013
The all-around excellent cast swings with aplomb from silly to sweet. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 8, 2013
If Peeples had more bite, it might pass for an underhanded critique of its producer’s work. Read full review
65
Film.comLaremy LegelMay 10, 2013
Peeples saves itself from a complete belly flop, by the barest of margins, by leaning heavily on its initial strength of good-natured charm. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia PuigMay 10, 2013
Grier plays the part of the pompous patrician with superb finesse and dry wit, easily the movie's highlight. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 9, 2013
A likable if not exactly groundbreaking comedy. Read full review
63
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMay 9, 2013
Despite the derivativeness, Chism shows talent and shrewd instincts in the timing and direction of the comedy — she handles the requisite dinner table disaster scene with aplomb. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMay 9, 2013
The laughs follow an overly familiar path, but it’s great to see Grier, one of the bright lights of the seminal TV sketch comedy “In Living Color,” button down this judge and find ways to break formula and make him hilarious. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerMay 9, 2013
While Peeples follows a very predictable course as a romantic comedy and does not break any ground in that genre of filmmaking, this movie is more engaging than you might expect. Read full review
60
Village VoiceZachary WigonMay 8, 2013
While she doesn't quite achieve the screwball zaniness she strives for, Chism deserves commendation for crafting a farcical work that feels like it concerns real characters. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerMay 6, 2013
Peeples may appropriate its entire premise and plot structure from “Meet the Parents,” but its heart is suffused with French cinema. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 10, 2013
The slapstick is often clunky, but Robinson has a sweet jester’s disposition that keeps many of the gags from collapsing. Read full review
58
The PlaylistGabe ToroMay 9, 2013
The cast alone deserves to be recognized more than the notes of “Speak It, Don’t Leak It.” And yet, here I am, humming it. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMay 8, 2013
Director Tina Gordon Chism keeps the innocuous class-meets-crass jokes bubbling, and the actors are amiable, but Peeples often seems to want to turn these characters into benignly goofy role models. Maybe that's why the basic comic collision never explodes. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 11, 2013
Pleasant, if inane – helped along by a likable cast that’s clearly having fun. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Dave McGinnMay 10, 2013
It’s a shame that two gifted comedians weren’t given better material to work with. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithMay 9, 2013
Chism’s characters are pleasingly odd, and though she can’t string much of a narrative together — there is a stop-and-start quality to the picture that grows tiresome — a few of the set pieces are funny. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 9, 2013
Director Tina Gordon Chism, who also wrote the screenplay, seems to have relied pretty strongly on Perry for guidance. In particular, she rejects any notions of subtlety, either in the comedy or the weirdly heavy-handed messages about masculinity. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 9, 2013
The elements are all there. They’re just thrown together in haphazard fashion. A funny scene here, an attempt at a touching scene there, toss, repeat randomly, the end. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerMay 7, 2013
Defined by "Three’s Company"–grade humor, this attempt at male-anxiety cringe-comedy is little more than a sitcom writ large that — courtesy of several awkward transitional fades to black — already feels constructed to accommodate commercial breaks. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMay 9, 2013
Comedies about privileged princesses and unsuitable suitors come in all colors, but Peeples is only palatable on a double bill with pink antacid. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris CabinMay 7, 2013
Tina Gordon Chism's film collapses into a series of clumsy improvisatory sketches, tied up in cheap, risibly sentimental catharsis. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMay 6, 2013
The film’s first half is a slog as Chism sets up the minefield for Wade, with every (fully visible) mine certain to explode. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 10, 2013
Unimaginative and painfully generic. Read full review
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