The Mirror Has Two Faces
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: November 15, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
Less a film than a long, two-hour Barbra infomercial, the movie is meant to be a romantic comedy on the theme of appearance vs. character, but it turns quickly into something far more rancid: an exercise in obsessive mirror-gazing and self-mythologizing that comes to feel icky. Read full review
40
EmpireBob McCabe
A few decent performances but a little mawkish in places, mainly those scenes with Babs on her own. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
No modern romantic comedy could be more manufactured or … awful. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
It’s a time-tested concept that is sandbagged by Streisand’s refusal to play it more like an actress and less like a star. Read full review
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
The loopy contrivance of this plot is exacerbated by the broadness with which Streisand directs Richard LaGravenese's script. The slapstick manner collides queasily with the therapeutic tone, producing more embarrassment than charm. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Is it our fault that no one told Barbra Streisand she was pretty as a child? It must be, because she keeps making movies that punish us for our sin by trotting out a string of leading men (Omar Sharif, Robert Redford, Ryan O’Neal, Nick Nolte — name your hunk) who declare her the fairest of them all. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubStephen Thompson
The problem with The Mirror Has Two Faces isn't Streisand's well-documented ego, or the movie's indirect, probably unintentional message that beauty makes all the difference when it comes to who loves you and why. It's that, at 130 minutes, it's long and plodding, with far too many cliches—the age-old spit-take scene, and so on—and inexplicable plot points. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The overkill of ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' is partly offset by Ms. Streisand's genuine diva appeal. The camera does love her, even with a gun to its head. And she's able to wring sympathy and humor from the first half of this role. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Camp, but not much fun. Read full review
60
Total FilmStaff (Not Credited)
As a movie, it`s old-fashioned - comfortably chucklesome, but so predictable you can see the plot being hand-twisted. Still, unless you find the "Why do women have small feet?" joke* hilarious, you'll find at least some of it entertaining. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
The narcissism on display is astonishing to behold, and veteran Barbra watchers will have a field day. Beyond that, pic does deliver a number of laughs, deep-dish luxury on the production side and an engagingly enthusiastic performance from Bridges, who represses his studly side behind a bow tie and a naive, then overly logical, then totally flustered demeanor. Read full review
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