The Story of Us
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 15, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
15
Negative:
13
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38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
You can get all of this free on television any week, so why pay for it? Read full review
38
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Never makes the Jordans' tribulations feel like anything more than yuppie angst. Read full review
34
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
This is a second-rate Woody Allen midlife crisis comedy without the laughs. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The script...and Rob Reiner's direction...bristle with phoniness. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The wet blanket of undigested autobiography lies all over Rob Reiner's excruciating new opus about a marriage winding down into terminal atrophy. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Fragmented and contrived, like a badly mapped-out scrapbook. Read full review
30
NewsweekDavid Ansen
So bland and un-lived in you want to pour Tabasco all over the screen. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A sad-sack movie about the misery of a married couple who fight most of the time. Watching it is like taking a long trip in a small car with the Bickersons. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The movie's most inexcusable failing is that, despite all the flashbacks, we never get a sense of what this relationship was like when it worked. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Audiences may want their own speedy divorce from this irritating collection of stale jokes, pointless vulgarities, and warmed-over clichés. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Folks, I really feel that seeing this one for you is the movie critic's equivalent of jumping on the grenade to save your lives. Send me medals. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJustine Elias
Maudlin, irritating marital drama. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Though it sets out to explain why this marriage is worth saving, The Story of Us could prompt even single members of the audience to file for divorce. Read full review
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