The Good Guy
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: February 19, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It has smart characters, and is wise about the ones who try to tame their intelligence by acting out. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDoris Toumarkine
Like its characters, Good Guy is sharp, fun and pleasant to behold, and its recreational, apartment and workplace locales are appropriately slick and showy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie’s confident performances and its eye and ear for detail make The Good Guy a satisfying insider’s snapshot of a shark tank. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
The result is a more-clever-than-most window into modern urban yuppie mating rituals, tracking just how tough it is to keep a grip on love and the corporate ladder at the same time. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Any movie that name-checks Ford Maddox Ford's novel "The Good Soldier" is OK by me, and clearly writer-director Julio DePietro has made a careful study of Ford's crafty, illusory narrative. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyAdam Markovitz
One by one, each scene goes slack as the script struggles with Screenwriting 101 problems like who the main character is and what he wants -- not to mention why any of us should care in the first place. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
DePietro struggles to reconcile the perceived demands of the romantic comedy genre (though his film is more bittersweet than most) and the tang and hustle and detail of real life. Read full review
40
Village VoiceElla Taylor
DePietro is no cynic, and he means well--but he also means to corner the coveted "Dear John" demographic, which, in turn, means that The Good Guy suffers from the dreary want of imagination about the specificity of twentysomething life that has sunk so many other specimens of this battered genre. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
Such passé testosterone worship might have been passable if the filmmaking weren’t so amateurish--every emotional exchange is accompanied by insipid, high-volume pop songs--and the film’s self-satisfied chest-thumping didn’t extend to its creator as well. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
With its cash-flashing men and dirty-talking women, the movie already feels dated. But it wouldn't have been much fun five years ago, either. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It’s network television drama, starring actors best known for their TV work and full of the petty gripes and mild worries of characters who really have nothing compelling to worry about. Read full review
20
VarietyAndrew Barker
Lacking much of a satirical bite, the pic's quasi-celebration of crude laddishness becomes oppressive. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
Not just a shabby "Wall Street" knockoff clogged with dull, jargon-spewing trading-desk scenes that fail to advance the plot in any way. It's also a nondescript "Sex and the City" retread. Read full review
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