| Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: October 16, 1998 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
|
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
|
Watch Now
Critic Reviews
You can see the outline of an interesting movie beneath the cutesy-pie characterizations and heavy-handed mockery of small-town small-mindedness, but any chance it might have had is short-circuited by director Griffin Dunne's overwhelming inability to establish a consistent tone for the admittedly off-kilter material.
Read full review
Part comedy, part family drama, part romance, part special-effects mystery-adventure, and not entirely satisfying on any of these levels, this hodgepodge suffers from the conflicting sensibilities of its three credited scripters: Robin Swicord, who has done good work before, Akiva Goldsman, who has not, and Adam Brooks.
Read full review
Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score




