The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Regent Releasing | Release Date: June 16, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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80
Chicago ReaderAlbert Williams
Directed by George Bamber from a witty screenplay by David Vernon, it veers between screwball farce and feel-good sitcom. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn Anderson
It's a crackpot of a soap opera, ornamented by a great deal of sexual humor, sexual innuendo and sex. Lead Daniel Letterle is a charmingly boyish actor, and the other featured players -- particularly veteran actress Meredith Baxter as Ethan's gay-wedding-planner mother -- are excellent. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's none too deep and a tad cartoonish, but also fast-paced, filled with quotable one-liners and often very funny. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
Inoffensive even as it makes some fairly explicit sex jokes, "Ethan Green" may not exactly be fabulous, but it is pleasantly diverting. Read full review
50
The New York TimesLaura Kern
More often than not, these tactics fall flat, and the mostly unfunny - and unfabulous - trifle never rises above sitcom level. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
A genially silly gay date movie. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The film's tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
There's just not enough real heart to go along with the cutesiness. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The strip is now a cartoonish sitcom pretending to be a romantic comedy about a drama queen and his adventures in lust. The movie might have gotten away with it, were it interested in romance or comedy. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
It's a dud. To be fair, the source material (to which the film is unfortunately faithful) is itself a wan assemblage of creaky one-liners, overly familiar gay ghetto types and sitcom-inspired shenanigans. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This adaptation of the underground comic strip is mostly unfabulous. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
With words streaming out of their mouths instead of into bubbles, Ethan and his gang of past, present and future lovers sound laughingly unbelievable. They're on the road to inanity. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Mostly unfabulous. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJorge Morales
Unfabulous, unfunny, and unwatchable. Read full review
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