The Game Plan
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: September 28, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
13
Negative:
6
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38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Director Andy Fickman seems to have thrown everything into this artificial comedy, in the hopes that something might stick. Almost nothing does. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
The Game Plan, created as a vehicle for Johnson, is a family comedy heavy on syrup and low on laughs. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Apart from a heart-tugging plot twist, some lesson learning and more random football talk ("no more buttonhooks in the kitchen"), that's about it. Oh, except for the scene in which Kyra Sedgwick - who plays Joe's agent - farts. Be sure to update your résumé, Kyra. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's a complete by-the-numbers daddy-day-care movie that doesn't have a genuinely enchanting moment or shred of inspiration in its overlong running time. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianStaff (Not credited)
Kyra Sedgwick is turned into a caricature of a sports agent. "NYPD Blue" grad Gordon Clapp gets one line of dialogue. And Morris Chestnut is pushed out to make room for one more "ain't she cute" moment. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Almost every note in this insipid comedy is strident or false, from the child's prodigious talent for deception to the jock's chaperoning her and her classmates at a Corolle doll boutique. Read full review
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