The Amateurs
Newmarket Films | Release Date: December 7, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
You'll notice that the actors are way overqualified for this nonsense. But the kick they get out of one another is what pulls you in. Traeger's script does more than strain credulity, it administers multiple fractures. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The film clicks briefly when capturing the silliness of XXX concerns, especially in script-development scenes. But whatever hilarity might have prevailed on the set doesn't translate to the screen. Intrusive music and last-act contrivances do nothing to lift the flat tone or allow the film to earn its intended emotional payoff. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
The Amateurs is nothing if not easy to watch. Yet, as a writer, Traeger is consternatingly adolescent and glib. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
All this star power goes for naught in Traeger's film, which tries to blend bucolic sweetness with juvenile let's-make-a-porno jokes. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesDennis Lim
There are no laughs to be found in writer-director Michael Traeger's would-be comedy The Amateurs, but there is one big mystery: how actors of this caliber could have been convinced to take part. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A sleazy, uninspired, pathetically unfunny sex farce. Read full review
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