Seeing Other People
Lantern Lane Entertainment | Release Date: May 7, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatD. W. Smith
Another astute independent comedy shot on a small budget and boasting high laugh-per-minute ratio. But these are good laughs, not your average sitcom laughs. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Whatever the film lacks in presentation, it makes up for in laughs and ensemble performances that sing. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJoshua Land
While lacking a knockout scene, the script is full of solid laughs punctuated with pangs of emotional insight. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
What results ultimately plays like a feature-length episode of an HBO comedy series like Sex and the City -- gratuitous nudity and all. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's not only sexy, clever and well-acted by a fine cast of mostly TV actors, but it's also a grown-up comedyabout honest-to-God grown ups. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
While lacking originality, pic is a case of cogent moviemaking that really knows its business. Traces of early Steven Soderbergh and recent Larry David enhance one of the most satisfying comedies in a fallow season. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It isn't a successful movie but is sometimes a very interesting one, and there is real charm and comic agility by the two leads. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
There is enough discomfort on display to reinforce the cynical adage that sex is God's joke. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Eventually finds its rhythm with late flashes of dark humor and bedroom hijinks, but it takes too much time to get there. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Along with the performances, there is a languid truthfulness in some of the dialogue that keeps Seeing Other People from being one of those completely forgettable indie romances that play in perpetuity on cable. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
More witty than laugh-out-loud funny. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Begins as a refreshingly subversive departure from the Hollywood studios' cookie-cutter romances, but the thin script can't sustain that initial charge, and it soon flattens out, like a punctured comic balloon. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
A crass, clumsily constructed romantic comedy. Read full review
40
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The progress of the film is so mechanical that we can only wait for the finish, knowing far ahead of time what it will be. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
What is astonishing is that husband-and-wife writers Wally Wolodarsky (who also directed) and Maya Forbes, with combined credits that include "The Simpsons" and "The Larry Sanders Show," could churn out something this nasty and ludicrous. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Attempts a coolness quotient it can't pull off. Read full review
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